OK, here's the deal: FPE is Schaeffer, but the prices are very much
higher -- nearly double! Christian from FPE called me and I told him
it still made sense to order from Germany, and he said they would cut
us a one-time deal to get them made here in their brand-spanking-new
plant. Christian is talking to Kai and he'll let me know, and then
I'll let you know...
Scott
--- In motmpanels@y..., "Scott Deyo" <thom_s4@h...> wrote:
>
>
> I just sent an email to FPE. If Kai hasn't started on the ones in
Germany,
> maybe he'll do them here and save us a bundle! You would think he
would have
> told us they were open for business, but it does say they just
started in
> October. This is very very cool. Now I guess we can all just order
our own
> panels, and this group can just be a repository of designs. The
site says
> panels are done within a week!
>
> I'll let you know the status of the last order as soon as I know.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
>
> >From: Jeffrey Pontius <jpont@k...>
> >Reply-To: motmpanels@y...
> >To: motmpanels@y...
> >Subject: Re: [motmpanels] Front Panel Express
> >Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:52:37 -0600 (CST)
> >
> >On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, John Loffink wrote:
> >
> > > I saw this on the Synth DIY list. This is the North American
arm for
> > > Schaeffer Apparatebau KG, offering identical services.
> > >
> > > http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/home/index.htm
> > >
> >Thanks, John. This is definitely useful info. I suspect that
others that
> >had ordered Schaeffer panels had a similar experience: I was
contacted by
> >Kai Schaeffer several times via e-mail to solicit opinions on
setting up
> >a North American 'affiliate'(?) for his business. I suppose this
is the
> >result.
> >
> >Also, there is a version 3.0 of Frontplatten Designer now
available - I
> >have yet to check it out.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
>
>
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