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Sales Department

Steve Rowell - President Hours: 8-5 Monday - Friday 607-766-3501 Ext 101 Steve founded Audio Classics, Ltd. as a part time mail order business in 1979.	Mike Sastra - Vice President Hours: 8-5 Monday - Friday 607-766-3501 Ext 102 If the other guys can't do it, Mike can. Mike likes anything with a motor. (Motorized volume controls count!) Over 20 years ±3dB of experience with Audio Classics, Ltd. Certifications	Frank Gow Hours: 9:30-5 Monday-Friday 607-766-3501 Ext 103 Born of Hi-Fi blood, Frank is the son of the late Gordon J. Gow former President of McIntosh Labs, Inc. Frank has been with Audio Classics, Ltd. since 1993.
Ernie Schleider Hours: 11-5:30 Monday - Friday 11-4 Saturday 607-766-3501 Ext 105 Audio and Video have been lifelong passions for Ernie. He has over 25 years retail experience with most of it in the audio field. Certifications	Ryan Kilpatrick Hours: 8-5:30 Monday - Friday 607-766-3501 Ext 104 Ryan is one of our experienced sales consultants and manager of our service, receiving and parts departments. Ryan began working with Audio Classics in 1992. Call him for sales orders or service inquiries.	Fred Hundertfund Hours: 9:00-5:30 Monday - Thursday 607-766-3501 Ext. 110 Fred retired after 30 years with Harley-Davidson Motor Company out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also taught Service School and was a Service Representative covering 11 northwestern states including Alaska. He has been riding and working on Harley-Davidsons, and motorcycles in general, for 45 years. Fred is the "vinyl guy" at Audio Classics. His personal collection numbers over 5,000 titles. See him for turntable and cartridge installation, as well as vinyl demos in the 2-channel room!

Guitar Department

Lee Campbell
607-766-3501 Ext 111
Hours: 9-4 Tuesday - Friday
11-4 Saturday
Lee brings his expertise in sales and service of guitars and basses to Audio Classics' Guitar department.

Service Department

Ryan Kilpatrick
Service Manager
Hours: 8-5:30 Monday - Friday
607-766-3501 Ext 104
Ryan is one of our experienced sales consultants and manager of our service, receiving and parts departments. Ryan began working with Audio Classics in 1992. Call him for sales orders or service inquiries.

Andy Butt
Parts
Hours: 9-5:00 Monday - Friday
607-766-3501
Andrew Butt divides his time between the Receiving and Parts Departments. Andy has an Associate Degree in Business Administration from Broome Community College, in Binghamton, and puts his organizational and management skills to good use in these critical areas. Thanks to his family background, Mr. Butt brings a great deal of high-end audio DNA to the Audio Classics family. His father, Pete Butt, was Production Manager, then Director of Operations at McIntosh Labs. His mother, Sharon Butt, is a Customer Service Representative in the Service/Parts Department at McIntosh. Please, contact Andy if you need parts for your vintage McIntosh unit.

George Melnyk
George is an independant service consultant to Audio Classics. He is a retired IBM Senior Engineer with 8 patents and 15 publications to his credit. George headed a group of individuals who restored and rebuilt a Robert Morton Theater pipe organ at the forum in Binghamton. If it's electrical, mechanical, metal, wood, analog, digital, solid state or tube, George can make it work.

Richard Modafferi
Inventor and independent consultant to Audio Classics, Rich Modafferi has established himself as one of the world's foremost authorities on tuner and loudspeaker design and development. He holds Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the NJ Institute of Technology. A Senior Engineer at McIntosh Laboratories from 1968-74, he designed the MR77 and MR78 tuners and the famous "Rimo" filter. The MR78 tuner has received world wide acclaim for its State of the Art performance. From 1974 to the present, Richard has been a self employed inventor at Modafferi Acoustical Systems, Inc. He has been granted a United States patent for Phase Shift Bass Loading and for the Infinite Slope Crossover. These patents are currently being licensed to Joseph Audio of White Plains NY for use in their speaker systems. Richard also serves as a writer, reviewer and test lab for Audio, Audio Critic, The Sensible Sound.

Shipping Department

	Dick Tyrell Hours: 8-5 Monday - Thursday 607-766-3501 Ext 106 Dick joined Audio Classics in 2000. He has extensive experience in warehouse, service and delivery management.
	Aaron Race Hours: 8-5 Monday - Friday 607-766-3501 Ext 106 Aaron joined Audio Classics in 2008 and brings his experience in building and grounds maintenance, material handling and packaging.

ebay Sales

Dave Wood
607-766-3501
Dave joined Audio Classics in 2007. He's been an audio equipment enthusiast since he was ten years old. Contact Dave for information or questions about our items listed on ebay.

Accounting

IT Manager

Kelly Melnyk
607-766-3501 Ext 107
Kelly is responsible for keeping it all together financially. Call her for questions about your account.

Rob Monkovich
607-766-3501 Ext 108
Rob joined Audio Classics in 1999 to bring the already successful mail order business into homes and offices across the entire World through the Internet. He installed and manages several Linux servers and writes all the code for the Audio Classics Web and Intranet sites. In his spare time he enjoys playing bass guitar and upright bass. Rob is also a licensed amateur radio operator and can be heard using high fidelity AM in the 160 or 6 meter ham bands.

Greeter

Bailey
607-766-3501
Bailey is our store greeter. She has keen hearing with an ability to pick out faint sonic details amidst a complex soundstage. Undetected by most, she will quickly point out the sound of eating utensils within the noise floor of many live jazz recordings.

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Showroom Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5:30pm, Saturday 11am-4pm EST
3501 Vestal Rd. Vestal, NY 13850 Phone: 607-766-3501 Fax: 607-766-3502