We can repair the case or even build a replacement if needed. Recover, using the original pattern material or a later pattern if preferred. Replace rusty, worn or dull case fittings.

Re-bush the keyboard to take up wear & restore a firm feel. Replace worn hammer tips & hammers. Replace Tines, Grommets & springs as required to restore sustain. Replace dead or weak pickups.

Set escapement & other measurements to original specification. Tune, balance & set intonation, This is usually done to give a bright, lively tone as intended by the designer.

If a soft, mellow tone is desired, we are happy to oblige.

All this is practicable only on examples that have been reasonably well looked after, with no serious rust or other signs of severe neglect. Many instruments will do, many won't.

If only a service to restore full function is required, for a gigging instrument, we can provide this. Full restoration may not be needed if it will suffer the rigours of life on the road.

Similiar restoration can be undertaken on a 200 Series if its condition justifies such work. Lower case repair & re-spraying.

Top cleaning & polishing. Key polishing & re-bushing. New reeds etc. as required. Setting up action to optimum as per specification.

Improved brightness & sustain in certain ranges.

Cleaning & rebuilding amplifiers etc. Replacing passive components with top quality low noise types. Replacing out of specification transistors etc.

Tuning, setting intonation & balance etc. Replacing missing action shields etc.

Again, just a service to make it playable, if that is what's needed.

Achieving this required the cleanest sound possible, to match the purity of the established competition. If the tone generator system is carefully examined, one can see the trouble taken to reduce cross talk & other unwanted tones. Dirty & growling was definitely not on the great man's agenda.

Yet, just once in a while, one hears of criticism regarding generator "re-capping" etc. Such as 'with my usual drawbar settings, it is now too bright & clean.

With our work, customers are usually immediately pleased with the sound. Even if they may have forgotten how good it sounded when new. A recent comment by an A100 owner,after our overhaul, 'It sounds as though its tubes have been syringed'.

An analogy: High performance motor cars made in the 'thirties occasionally survive to become classics. Would an owner boast about the way they smoke, rattle & backfire? Does a chronic lack of performance & economy become a matter of pride? Of course not, good money will be spent, reseating valves, resurfacing worn cylinders, new oil seals, piston rings, ignition capacitors, contacts & spark plugs etc.

Is any owner going to complain about the way it keeps up with the new models? About its acceleration, instead of a noisy & asthmatic gathering of speed? The answer is obvious, a classic, whatever it is, should be maintained so its performance is as near as possible to that when new. Not left to show half a century of wear & neglect. Showing respect for a classic's age does not mean letting it decay.

After restoration, it may take a little while, to get used to an organ's original performance, as with the sports car.

No-one cherishing a century old Steinway will leave it with a hundred years of dust, rusty strings, deeply grooved hammers & worn out bushings. They won't admire flat tuning, creaking action & floppy keys.

Leslie & Hammond tone cabinets can be restored. Cabinet repair & repolishing, speaker overhaul & reconing. Pre-amplifiers & amplifiers overhauled. New valves, chassis refinished etc. Motors plus rotors cleaned & lubricated. Belts & tyres replaced. Necklace or other reverb units cleaned & serviced.

Our workshops have full Wood-working facilities, run by craftsmen. Plus precision skilled Metal-working facilities with modern machinery. For selected classics new cabinets can be built to original or better standards. Unobtainable metal parts can be restored or made to original pattern. Chrome & nickel work can be restored.