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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, 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. 45 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.