East Tennessee Pinball Repair, Service, and Sales

We offer pinball repairs at our store and onsite repairs throughout Knoxville, Knox County, Maryville, Alcoa, Oak Ridge, Clinton, Crossville, Lenoir City, Loudon, Tellico Village, Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and more. We also sell reconditioned and warrantied pinball machines and parts. We can tackle anything from a weak flipper to a barn-find pinball machine.

Our pinball repair philosophy is that for an older game that needs some rehab, it does not make any sense to try to individually diagnose problems and then repair them.  Pinball machines are fairly complex with many interactions and sub-system dependencies.  For example, one can hardly diagnose an MPU unless first knowing that the MPU is being delivered all the proper voltages.  This approach does not apply to newer pins or those recently serviced where one can more reliably assume the subsystems are working properly.

So our approach is to systematically work through a game from its 3-prong power plug, through the fuses, power supply, boards, and game features.  By taking this approach, we will not only repair the problem that brought the game to us, we will undoubtedly find and fix other problems.  Some of these other problems will be very obvious; a switch was not working before and now it is.  But many more of the problems fixed will lead to quality of play, like resoldering header pins that deliver more power to the pop bumpers…making them poppier.  We encourage potential repair customers to come and play our pinball machines listed for sale. You will be impressed with the play, the action, and the cleanliness of the pins. Your pin will receive the same care and attention to detail as the pins in our showroom.  Quite frankly, we hate to play sloppy pins, and we won’t let pins leave if they are playing or looking less than exceptional.

Before and after pics of our workmanship

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Repairs & Refurbishments
Whether on-site or in the shop we are here to make sure your machine is in good working order. We can help restore your machine to its former glory.
For Sale
Buy from our showroom of recently restored pinball machines.
Parts & Consulting
Sometimes you just need a little troubleshooting and a few parts. We probably know (or can diagnose) what you need.

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The Crew

John and Jane Tyner have been married since 1998 and have lived in Knoxville since 2001.  They have two teenage daughters and two dogs.  John served in the Navy, then worked as an environmental consultant, and worked for 20 years as an engineering professor at UT before retiring in early 2022.  In addition to being a full time mom, Jane has worked for Knox County Schools, ran a girl scouts summer camp for years, and worked several administrative jobs..
John with hair, back in the day
Jane, looking puzzled
Django will protect your pin from all enemies, foreign and domestic
ADT Security
ADT security is working to keep your pin safe when Django is home (your pin is insured by Erie Insurance too)
No Pollywogs on this crew!

How to contact us

10523 Kingston Pike Suite C Knoxville, TN 37922
E-mail: tynerj@gmail.com Phone: (865) 201-0373

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