Hammond restoration, repair, hire
Leslie restoration, service, hire
Vox Continental
Moog service
Rhodes Pianos
Wurlitzer restoration, repair, tune, hire
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Formerly known as Octave Hire & Octave Classics

Restoration, Service & Hire

we are a family company with 46 years in the Music Business, plus a reputation for professional, courteous service. Always at the forefront of technological developments, some of which are now classics.

Electro-mechanical & Analogue electronic Musical Instruments. Repair, Restoration, Customising, Regulation & Tuning etc. Classic & modern musical equipment. Respect for Privacy: Unlike some company's sites, we don't list our customers, who include many household names. We provide every client with our best quality service.

Instruments for Hire, fully maintained top quality classics. British specification Hammond B3s covering the range of production years, supplied with matching Leslie Cabinets. Also Tiny's famous Split A100, heard on more iconic recordings than any other British Hammond. The range of instruments available is regularly being extended.

Rhodes and Fender Rhodes pianos, Stage & Suitcase. Wurlitzer Electric Pianos, all correctly tuned & regulated. Reliable classic synths, Minimoog, Prophet Five, Oberheim 4 Voice, 8 Voice, et al. Link to Hire
Available for broadcast, recording studio and selected live performance use etc.

Dedicated to the memory of pioneers in music, music technology & musical instruments. Their creative spirit made possible the richly varied world of music we take for granted. Robert Moog, Harold Rhodes, Laurens Hammond, Sébastien Érard, Bartolomeo Cristofori & so many others.
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Clavinet ARP
Sequential Roland
Yamaha Korg
PPG Nord
Various Pianos
Classics Restoration
Classics Hire
Safety Modern
Frames Rogues
Technology Harmony
Strings Design
H.H.C. Contact Details.
Classic instruments, purchase & care.
Various Web Resources
Octave Hire

Hammond Tone Wheel organs, Rhodes & Fender Rhodes electric pianos. Wurlitzer electric pianos, Hohner Clavinet clavichords, Yamaha CP70 & CP80 portable electric grand pianos.

Other Electro-Mechanical Classics & Leslie rotary speakers,

Electronic favourites include: Moog Minimoog analogue synthesisers, original Taurus 1 pedals etc. VOX Continental organs etc.

We repair other electronic classics to a high standard: Sequential analogue & digital synthesisers.

Oberheim analogue synthesizers, ARP synthesisers, early Roland, Yamaha & Korg analogue synthesisers etc.

We also service other early instruments: PPG Wave digital hybrid synthesisers, Yamaha DX7 FM digital synthesisers etc.

Also less well known or rare American & European analogue synthesisers. We are noted for service or customising of modern gear & are recommended for Roland repairs.

Musical instrument restoration, repair, service, updating, theory. 46 Years in the U.K. (G.B.) Music Industry. If you are in Britain (England), Caledonia (Scotland), Cymru (Wales), Eire (Southern Ireland), Ulster (Northern Ireland) or many other countries. Just remember, with modern transport, it's a small World.

Links to my personal site, covering the Universe, physics, reality, relativity & associated subjects are included. Music technology, music theory, tuning & harmony. Harmonic deviation (inharmonicity), various scales & intonation systems.

The behaviour of piano strings, design features & constraints. Building techniques, materials used & characteristics. Modern & traditional electronic theory. Electrical & electromagnetic theory.