Charlie, Martin B., and Fred have provided the technical support for keeping both my A-820's operating optimally.
Nagra repair anyone!
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Steve williams
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What is that in the US with specializing / repairing only one machine type 
My repair shop in germany Eternal arts does all types .
My repair shop in germany Eternal arts does all types .
Most of the good tech's that I know will work on different types of pro level tape machines as well as consoles and components. What they don't want to work on are entry level 50 year old consumer tape machines. There are a couple of them who are very selective about which pro level gear they will service, because they have a good stock of parts for those machines. They just don't want to spend hours tracking down parts for machines they don't specialize in.What is that in the US with specializing / repairing only one machine type
My repair shop in germany Eternal arts does all types .
That's a big gotcha with the Nagra machines - no parts availability and little assistance from Nagra HQ.
Steve williams
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Re Nagra repair: I am a tech with 30 years experience repairing Nagra tape machines (except not so much on Nagra T’s). I am located in Oxnard, CA but I am still repairing them from all over the US.
My name is Forrest Forbes; my company is Lightning Sound Repair.
Voice and text (818) 239-2941
Email lightningsoundrepair@gmail.com
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Re Nagra repair: I am a tech with 30 years experience repairing Nagra tape machines (except not so much on Nagra T’s). I am located in Oxnard, CA but I am still repairing them from all over the US.
My name is Forrest Forbes; my company is Lightning Sound Repair.
Voice and text (818) 239-2941
Email lightningsoundrepair@gmail.com
Thanks for viewing
Thank you for the mention. Just to further inform: I have in 35 years servicing Nagras done virtually every procedure on them, including complete overhauls, replacing all bearings and parts as needed.
All of my service work includes complete mechanical and electronic cleaning, lubrication and calibration to factory specifications.
Best Regards
Forrest Forbes
This is an older thread, but maybe this information will be helpful for NAGRA owners. I have a IVs QGB, a T-Audio and two SN. I got them serviced by Herbert Bartels. He is the former head of service at NAGRA Switzerland and now retired.
He runs is own service shop now and has all the spare parts and calibration tools needed for a proper service. You can contact him by email mcbartels@swissonline.ch
Best regards
Gerhard
He runs is own service shop now and has all the spare parts and calibration tools needed for a proper service. You can contact him by email mcbartels@swissonline.ch
Best regards
Gerhard
In the US, we have another option for Nagra T Audio repair. Dan Labrie, former ATR Services lead tech founded Myriad Magnetic, based out of Philadelphia. ATR refurbishment is still his #1 priority, but he now works on most other professional tape machine brands as well. He has serviced or refurbished my Studer, Otari, 3M, Revox, and recently Nagra T Audio machines. In fact, he's preparing another 2 Nagra Ts for me now. Contact him at dan@myriadmagnetic.com.
This is great news. Thanks for sharing the info. M. Bartels serviced my TA and IV-S for more than 10 years, but he completely retired from Nagra during the pandemic. I had a problem with my TA in 2021 and I contacted him. He was still recovering from COVID at that time but talked me through getting it repaired myself. He knows the machine like the back of his hand.
