Fire at Keeley Electronics

[beggar98]

Seems everyone's OK, but the inventory and factory are a total loss.

http://newsok.com//article/3338278

[BadB]

What a drag! Keeley does some great work, too.

[Ron Now]

good no one was hurt....hope they get back up and running without too much struggle.

[coolrunner989]

wow - that's a real bummer. I'm glad everyone is ok

[Kael]

Crap. That happened in my home area and I didn't hear about it till I read it here. Weird. Hope they get back up and running soon.

[excane]

That really sucks.

[kesslari]

Glad no one was hurt. Hope the business recovers quickly.

[anyonefortennis]

Ouch. RK is a class act. Hope everything is ok...

[Toasted]

I feel sorry for, and in this order:

1) Robert Keeley.
2) 15 Employees.
3) All the folks there with rare pedals to mod.

[odin70]

i bet all Keeley "pre fire" pedals will be hyped in ten years or so..

[McHaven]

I bet the pedals that survived the fire get upcharged.

Super Keeley Boutique Mod with special charred finish!

[azwhofan]

OMG, that's horrible news!!! Here's hoping they recover quickly ... And that their insurance company doesn't need a bailout from the Feds!!!!

[B.C.]

Originally Posted by azwhofan

OMG, that's horrible news!!! Here's hoping they recover quickly ... And that their insurance company doesn't need a bailout from the Feds!!!!

+1 I've heard nothing but good about Robert Keeley.

[seanm]

That is sad. And terrible for all the people who sent vintage pedals to be modded.

As an aside, I didn't know Keeley also built road cases.

[whoatherechunk]

bummer. definitely not a good way to start off the year. best of luck to him.

[debassr]

This is what insurance is for. Let's hope they had some.

[Valerus]

[winston]

I was just thinking about sending in my Boss CE-2 chorus for mods a few days ago...glad I held off. Good thing everyone's OK.

[sonicvi]

This was posted at TGP. Doesn't look like a total loss after all. Good news.

Originally Posted by RobertKeeley
Howdy folks!
Still in a bit of shock to say the least, but I think we will make it in short order. Everyone got out without being hurt. I got a chance to go in last night with a Fire Marshall/Brigade Commander (or something like that) and the worst damage occured to our parts inventory. I had some rare treasures there for sure (thousands of IC's for EM5 clones, the hundreds of last opto-couplers on earth for the Mutron III, Telefunken parts) but nothing that would stop the world from spinning.
The best news it seems is that insurance is paid up and is with a good company. The stock of built pedals, unmodified pedals, etc. all made it I think. (Dealers out there, your orders made it without even water damage! We may have to rebox.) I think all of the one-of-a-kind and collector stuff made it as well. Smoke damaged for sure, but not water damaged. I think the Fire Department responded as fast as possible and even impressed themselves. I heard them joking that they couldn't believe how much survived and how well they did! I can't believe that with the fire raging so long that we didn't loose more. (Just the "recent" $25K remodeled area! :-( oh well, People are Safe and Well!!!!)
What started it? Don't know, could have been where we smoke, or our solder pot room, or even another guy in the building that has a shop. I can't tell>>>seems like investigators will be interviewing people today.
Well, off to pick up what I can and get a plan into action. I hope it remains as positive as it seemed with the dim flashlight last night.
With my brother managing the second Keeley shop, we have a nice safe place for everything and will try to get back to work as soon as possible.
This is uncharted ground, but I'm sure we will figure it out. Thanks so much for all of your concern, I know all of the employees would appreciate it if they could see your words and thoughts about this.
Thanks again.
Robert

[FreaqyFrequency]

Well, I'm glad to hear that the majority of the content was salvageable. Hope they're able to get back up and running soon enough.