TBC CONSOLES' primary business is the design and manufacture of video production consoles and equipment cabinetry. We presently maintain offices and shop space in Edgewood, N.Y. Our total shop/office space is 18,000 sq. ft. and we employee 35 full time workers. Included in this number are 8 full time draftsmen. Our shop facilities are engineered to the needs of video console production with our personnel; tools and machinery all geared towards this specific effort.

    We typically work directly with end users of our products: TV production, Post Production and Broadcast facilities. While the majority of our clients are from the local metropolitan area, we have a strong and growing national and international client base.

    TBC partners Jerry Hahn and Frank Lapallo have been designing and building video production consoles for two decades. We incorporated in April 1988 and have been growing at a steady pace. (15-20% annually) while there is considerable overlap in tasks, Frank's main focus is the direction of Engineering, shop production, and installations. Jerry manages design, sales and marketing.

    As we grow as a company, we steadfastly maintain our relationship with our on-going and loyal clients. This also means servicing and modifying our consoles on a regular basis. Worn parts need refurbishing and repair, and the ever-changing technology of this industry assures that there is always some new piece of equipment to install. We have this on-going association with clients, which include Broadway Video, Betelgeuse Productions, Unitel Video and Manhattan Transfer, amongst many others. We regard it as crucial for us to keep pace with the rapid introduction of new equipment and technologies of random access (non-linear) editing, digital TV, high-definition TV, etc. Recently we are part of the strong influx of non-linear editing systems, which require inexpensive console solutions. This event has led TBC develop a more national and international presence of "shippable" consoles. We have also broadened our scope of work to include many of general telecommunications facilities. We have done a significant quantity of work for all major networks (CBS, NBC, ABC), satellite uplink centers (Group W, Viacom), corporate clients (Citibank, Dow Jones, American Express, Merrill Lynch) and the proliferation of new cable channels (MSNBC, MTV, USA Networks, A&E, Fox News NY1 NEWS).

    Interestingly, as the technology becomes more sophisticated, are clients seem to want more sophisticated furniture designs. They are no longer satisfied with a "standard" 5 bay, 8 rack unit console, but want to also see the sleeker lines and well balanced proportions of what has become the trademark of TBC console furniture. Perhaps most importantly, our clients have learned to expect the great attention to detail we place on things like ergonomics of sightlines, acoustics, button reaches, lighting, and even keyboard and chair positioning.

    At TBC we spend a lot of time on design, research and development. We are always looking for the optimal way to do something, with the best hardware and materials. Our design team works with state of the art tools like Autocad 2000, and maintains a vast reference library of industry equipment and specifications. Our shop utilizes such cost-effective equipment as our digitally controlled CNC router, and takes as much pride in the engineering and construction of our product---as the design team takes with the initial layout solution.

    Our aim is to not only keep pace with the industry---but to stay ahead of it. We do this to maintain the reputation we have as a "World-Class" leader in console design and fabrication.