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Formerly known as Octave Hire & Octave Classics
Restoration & Service

Local, National & World News Hammond Organ restoration & service Leslie speaker restoration & service Vox Continental restoration, tune & service. Also AC30 Minimoog restoration, tune & service Rhodes Piano restoration, tune & service Wurlitzer Piano restoration, tune & service Coventry BID, a service to business or theft?
Electro-mechanical & Analogue electronic Musical Instruments. Restoration, Customising, Regulation, Repair & Tuning etc. Classic & modern gear. With 46 years continuous music industry experience, our dedication to quality of work & finish is proven.

Instruments for Hire , scrupulously maintained top quality classics. British specification Hammond B3s of different years, with Leslies. Tiny's famous Split A100, heard on more iconic recordings than any other British Hammond. Rhodes and Fender Rhodes pianos, both Stage & Suitcase. Wurlitzer Electic Pianos, always in tune and regulated. Minimoog, Prophet Five, Oberheim 8 Voice and other classic synths etc. Available for broadcast, recording studio and selected live performance use etc. Link to Hire

E-Mail us for hire,
repairs, orders etc.
H.H.C. Contact Details.
Classic instruments, purchase & care.
Secondhand gear, purchase & care.
Links, Musicians, Services etc.
Various Web Resources
Music & Technology.
Education & Support
Octave Hire
We dedicate this site to the memory of pioneers in music, music technology & musical instruments. Their work made possible, even created, the richly varied world of music we know & take for granted. Robert Moog, Harold Rhodes, Laurens Hammond & so many others.
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Lulu & Ron Lebar,
members of the
Federation of
Small Businesses
               
Market Moog service & restoration Hammond Organ service, overhaul & restoration Leslie Speaker service & restoration Rhodes Piano tuning, regulation, service & restoration Wurlitzer piano tuning, regulation, repairs & restoration Hohner Clavinet tuning, restringing, service & restoration
VOX Continental tuning, service & restoration Sequential service Oberheim service ARP synthesiser service Roland service Yamaha service Korg Service
Various classic & other models PPG repairs Pianos Piano innovation Classic models Classic Service
Restoration Hire etc. Modern Service Contact details Rogues' Gallery

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.


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Musical instrument restoration, service, updating, theory. 46 continuous 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 & characterisics. Modern & traditional electronic theory. Electrical & electromagnetic theory.