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Patchbay is a three-person repair studio in Rotterdam, devoted to vintage synthesizers. We are two electronics technicians and one former touring musician, and between us we have spent decades around machines that hum, drift and occasionally die on stage. Our bench sits in a quiet unit just off the Maas, where we take apart oscillators, resurrect dead filter circuits, free stuck keys and give tired capacitors somewhere better to be. Some instruments arrive barely alive; others only need a careful clean, a recalibration and someone willing to listen properly. We work slowly, document everything we find, replace only what needs replacing, and protect what makes each synth sound like itself. It is quiet, exact work, and we think it matters. Every repair leaves tested, tuned and ready for another twenty years. If yours has stopped speaking, bring it by; we'd like to hear what it used to say.

Patchbay is a small repair studio in Rotterdam dedicated to keeping vintage synthesizers alive. We are three people — a technician, a historian, and a musician — who believe that the instruments built in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s still have decades of sound left in them, if someone is willing to care for them properly.

We work on everything from early Moogs and Arps to Roland Junos and Oberheim OB-series, handling everything from dead power supplies and leaky batteries to full recaps and voice board restoration. Our workshop is small by design. We take on a limited number of instruments at a time, which means every synth that comes through our door gets our full attention.

Most of our clients are working musicians, collectors, and small studios across Europe, but we also welcome instruments with stories we'd love to hear. If you have a piece of synth history that needs care, we'd be glad to talk.