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Hi 'tronists,

Perhaps the answer to this lies in the achives, so please pardon if it's a
repeat, but does exist a sample CDROM with Birotron and/or Orchestron
samples? In Roland format as icing on the cake?

I've had an Orchestron on my workbench, once, doing a service for a friend
(pinch wheel adjustment or something like that), but that was long ago. I
suppose I was a bit snobby at the time and not so much interested in the
charm of the thing, because I was not too impressed by either the
construction or the sound. The "toy" keyboard with its brown "black" notes,
like, totally grossed me out. Nowadays my attitude is more cultured and I
would love to find one, but certainly not for the current eBay prices. The
"cheese factor" is something I enjoy now... recently I found a wood-cased
Magnus chord organ at a garage sale for $20. And for those eBay Magnus organ
sellers out there - ahem, it does NOT sound very much like a Mellotron. :)

Question - does not an Orchestron grind away at the clear plastic of the
disk as it is running, thereby gradually reducing it's already questionable
fidelity by merely being turned on? I saw one recently on eBay with "master"
disks that could be reproduced using transparencies in a photocopier (so
they said) and I though "now that's the way to do it" but I could not muster
up enough interest to pop for a couple of grand. Couple hundred, yes, but
THAT's not gonna happen, not these days.

Now a CDROM, that would be different! I actually even have the ROOM for
that!

Best Regards,

- Gene

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