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The Hammond Hire Company (HHC). Formerly known as Octave Hire & Octave Classics

Restoration, Service & Hire

a family company, with a reputation for professional, courteous service & 47 years experience in the Music Business. Dedicated to the best of historic marques, whilst staying abreast of technological developments which, given time, may engender future classics.

Electro-mechanical & Analogue electronic Musical Instruments. Repair, Restoration, Customising, Regulation & Tuning etc. Classic & modern musical equipment. Unlike other companies, we respect our customer's privacy, we don't publish their names, even though many are famous. Every client receives top quality service.

A growing range of fully maintained Classic Musical Instruments for Hire. British specification Hammond B3s covering the range of production years, complete with matching Leslie Cabinets. Also our famous Split A100, heard on more iconic recordings than other British Hammonds.

Rhodes and Fender Rhodes pianos, Stage & Suitcase. Wurlitzer Electric Pianos, clavinets, all accurately 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, Sebastien Erard, Bartolomeo Cristofori & so many others.
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Sequential Roland
Yamaha Korg
PPG Nord
Various Pianos
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Classic instruments, purchase & care.
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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, their current Minimoog Voyager series, 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.