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

Restoration, Service & Hire

we are a family owned company, with a reputation for professional, courteous service & 48 years experience in the Music Business. Dedicated to repairing and restoring the best of historic marques. Whilst staying abreast of current technological developments, which may engender future classics.

Electro-mechanical & Analogue electronic Musical Instruments. Repair, Restoration, Customising, Regulation & Tuning etc. Classic & modern musical equipment. Many of our customers are famous, unlike some companies however, We Respect Privacy & don't publish their names.

For Hire: Our collection of carefully selected and maintained Classic Musical Instruments continues to grow. Available for broadcast, recording studio and selected live performance use etc.

British specification Hammond B3s, covering the range of production years, with matching Leslie and/or PR-40 Cabinets. Also our renowned Split A100, heard on so many iconic recordings & live performances.

Rhodes Stage & Suitcase pianos, Wurlitzer Electric Pianos, Hohner Clavinets, all accurately tuned & set up. Reliable classic synths, Minimoog, Prophet Five, Oberheim 4 Voice, 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 also service other early instruments, e.g. PPG Wave digital hybrid synthesisers.

Also less well known or rare American & European analogue synthesisers. We are noted for service or customising of modern gear, including Roland repairs.

Musical instrument restoration, repair, service, updating, theory. 48 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, 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.