Vintage Plaubel Makina Service Where?

[rknewcomb]

Does anyone know of a good place to send a vintage Plaubel Makina for service and repair? I would like to get the shutter of a Makina ll serviced and may have one that needs some help with the rangefinder. It may need to be a person with experience in Makinas since they look like they may be hard to get inside of.
I'm in the USA.
Thanks you!

 

[frotog]

Nippon Camera repair. 920 Broadway, nyc, 212-982-3177. They're trained repair people for this camera. A cla runs around $500 last I checked. They also have a considerable amount of spare parts.

 

[rknewcomb]

I'm glad they are trained in this old camera. Part of the battle is finding someone who still knows how to work on the vintage Makinas. Did you really mean $500 for a CLA?
Robert

 

[frotog]

Yeah...somewhere in that neighborhood for a full cla which means they go through everything and recalibrate the rangefinder. Although it can be a lot less for the repair of specific problems..e.g. Nippon replaced my makina ii viewfinder window parts and service $275. They really do excellent work...totally worth it.