Classic Musical Instruments, Repair & Restoration.

Hammond restoration, repair, hire
Leslie restoration, service, hire
Vox Continental
Moog service
Rhodes Pianos
Wurlitzer restoration, repair, tune, hire
Oberheim repair, tune & service
Musicians, Services, Links etc.
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The Hammond Hire Company (HHC). Formerly known as Octave Hire & Octave Classics

Welcome to our Web site. Alpha Entek, our family business, has 50 + years experience in the Music industry and a reputation for professional, courteous service.

Restoration of the best classic Electro-mechanical & analogue electronic musical instruments to an uncompromising standard. We keep in touch with the latest technologies, which may produce future classics.

Service: Classic & modern musical instruments and equipment. Repair, customising, setting up & tuning etc. We are different, treating our customers as friends and respecting their Privacy: Although many are famous, we don't publish names without their agreement.

Hire: H.H.C.'s collection of Classic Instruments & Equipment Available for broadcast, recording studio and selected live performance use etc.

British specification Hammond B3s & C3s, covering the range of production years, with matching Leslie and/or PR-40 Cabinets. Tiny's Split A100, a reliable instrument heard on many famous recordings & live performances.

Rhodes Stage & Suitcase pianos, Wurlitzer Electric Pianos, Hohner Clavinets, accurately tuned & set up. Reliable classic synths, Minimoog, Oberheim 8 Voice, et al. Link to Hire

Dedicated to the memory of pioneers in music, music technology & musical instruments. Their creative spirit made possible the richly varied world of music we can now enjoy. Robert Moog, Harold Rhodes, Laurens Hammond, Sebastien Erard, Bartolomeo Cristofori & so many others.

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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: Minimoog analogue synthesisers, the Moog Voyager series, original Taurus 1 pedals etc. VOX Continental organs etc.

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

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

We service other early instruments, e.g. EMS VCS3, an English synthesiser, inspired by the Moog Modulars, which has become more valuable of late..

As well as less well known or rare American & European analogue synthesisers. We also service or customise modern instruments etc.

Musical instrument restoration, repair, service, updating, theory. 50 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 pages covering some of my personal interests. Sections on 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.

My opinions on the Universe, physics, reality, relativity & associated subjects are also included.