inexpensive pots ?

[Haible_Juergen#Tel2743]

>    Because I've decided to put alot of controls on my ASM-1 project,
> I'm looking for a good source of inexpensive but not crummy pots, 
preferably
> miniature and cermet. So far I've only come across some Spectrol pots in
> the Mouser catalog for around 4.00. This could get expensive. There are 
also
> some pots made by Piher in the Mouser catalog for around 2.00 but they 
look
> like they have plastic shafts and do not seem to specify if they are 
carbon
> or Cermet or what.
>    Anyone have any suggestions ?

If these Piher pots are the same that they sell here in Germany (rectangular
plasic body ...), stay away from them!
Unfortunately, I used them a lot in early designs of mine, but they all went 
schratchy
after half a year!

JH.