FLoKaSon is your first choice for repair, tuning and retrofit of your cutting room.
with over 25 years of experience and countless studios — from jamaica, across the usa, to almost every cutting room in france and germany — we can definitely help you out.
we stock exchange cards for the SAL74, upgrade cards and an incredible inventory of spare parts. we have had our fingers on every commercial cutting amplifier ever made — from the rare neumann VG1 and ortofon tube systems to the westrex 1700 and the neumann SAL74 workhorses.
the same goes for the lathes: from the pre-war neumann AM131 through scully and lyrec to the latest VMS82 DMM machine. every professional lathe has passed through our labs — or is still in our collection.
we also keep special spare parts, original tools and perhaps the largest library of technical drawings and plans anywhere. with our mechanical skills, there is nothing we cannot reproduce.
feel free to ship your equipment to our lab, where we can work under the best conditions with the optimal measurement equipment.
SFR 180.–/hour, or SFR 1500.– for a working day. for longer projects, ask.
SFR 90.–/hour for skype or facetime support.
plus travel cost & accommodation.
if money is a problem, talk to us.
SFR 300.– paris
SFR 500.– berlin (SFR 250.– if shared on a service tour)
SFR 600–800.– other european locations
other destinations to be defined, plus visa expenses.
for non-regular clients, or after a bad payment experience, we ask for payment in advance.
i normally don't travel by plane — if there is a train, i take the train. so the usa is not an option unless you pay me a queen mary 2 round trip; please ask chris muth (east coast) or len horowitz (west coast). if you still want to go with us, we'll find an arrangement — but i always try to put a full service tour together, so we can minimise flights and you can share transport cost.
at the moment the service club is booked out.
like an insurance, you pay a fixed fee per year and get 2 days of work — measurement, alignment or checkup. use them when equipment breaks down, or pick your days for a yearly check-up and tuning. it also includes free online support by skype, email or phone, and reduced hourly fees for any additional work.
the fee is roughly 1–2 % of your cutting studio's yearly turnover. if this is your main tool to earn money, it is worth joining. limited to 10–15 studios — ask for details.