A good find

[Fraser, Colin J]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Allgood [mailto:oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent: 10 December 1999 10:44
> To: synth diy
> Subject: A good find
> 
> You often hear of people finding cool things at car boots and jumble
> sales, but its never happened to me. However, I did manage to 
> find 'The
> Synthesiser, edition 2' by Robin Donald Graham. Its a four 
> book set, in
> a cardboard sleeve, covering all aspects of modular synthesis 
> using the
> Roland 100M. Its very well written and was published in 1981. Lots of
> pictures and diagrams of getting the best of your modular 100M. And I
> finally learnt the difference between the different forms musical
> temperment.
> 
> And the best thing, I got it new, thats right brand new. It 
> was sat on a
> shelf gathering dust at a local music shop, for nearly 20 
> years! Price:
> 9-95UKP. But when I offered to pay, the guy told me I could have it,
> because it wasn't worth anything. Bargain, at twice the price... as we
> say around here.

If that's the 4 book set Roland sold off for 9.95 in the early eighties
(sounds very much like it), the last set I saw sold on Vemia for £110.

Lucky bastard.


Colin f