[sdiy] parts in Seattle

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/24/01 5:15:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jdec at mindspring.com writes:

<< > They do get the occasional gem from time to time ( and they usually do 
not
 > recognize what they have so the price is cheap! ) so it is worth cruising
 > through every month or so.
  >>

One of the things I love about many scrap and surplus places...I managed to 
pick up two HP laser interferometers pretty much complete for maybe 10 bucks 
a piece at a place in New Hampshire. haven't found anything with musical 
applications yet, though (unless I want to try to count interference fringes 
and use that to control a filter or something by pushing on a brick 
wall....that would look rather interesting)

Chris