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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] A happy new SDS III owner :-)

From: Thomas Heckmann <troperecordings@...>
Date: 2010-04-30

Hmm, maybe we should open a small Musicaid / Simmons museum in there ;-)
Or use it as a Vereinsheim ! Or a new place for Michael for
soldering, no cold feet in the basement anymore...hahaha
But as the taxman snatched all my money we have to put this on ice
for a while ;-)

On Apr 30, 2010, at 1:35 PM, superwolle70 wrote:

Hatfield Road 176 did not seem to be inhabited. It's probably for
sale. As a real Musicaid fan, Thomas, wouldn't that be an object for
you? For spending the annual holidays?

http://www.simmonsmuseum.com/p/stalbans/PICT0576.jpg

It cannot be too expensive though...

.oO(Probably a good place for a ∗real∗ Simmons museum one day)

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Heckmann
<troperecordings@...> wrote:
>
> I know you would pass by "The Olde Fighting Cock" when I checked my
> Simmons book recently ;-)
> Our Superwolle on the last crusade !!!!
> And the Musicaid (cool logo indeed) hexa-box is the best :-)
> Have a nice trip and keep the pics posted for us unworthy
> apprentices ;-)
>
> Thomas
>
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 10:18 PM, superwolle70 wrote:
>
> Some "Pre-impressions":
> http://www.simmonsmuseum.com/?area=stalbans
>
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@> wrote:
>>
>> Crazy man (in a loving way!) - you sure deserve that coffee! :D
>>
>> --
>> electronically yours, jesper
>>
>> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
>> www.electronic-obsession.se
>>
>>
>> superwolle70 skrev:
>>> I just woke up....
>>> Yes, I went to London and St. Albans within a 24 hour trip
>>> (actually 20
>>> hours drivin/ferry, 2 hours London and 2 hours St. Albans). I was
>>> lucky
>>> to win a UK auction of Trevor Horn's Musicaid SDSV pads (a real
>>> studio
>>> bitch kit) and a prototype pad made of solid wood. It weighs a
>>> ton. I
>>> assume it is a prototype which they made for the SDSV catalogue,
>>> but I
>>> need to prove this first.
>>>
>>> But the coolest part of the auction: A hex-shaped Musicaid
>>> cardboard-box
>>> with the Musicaid logo printed on it. What a devotional thing! ;-)
>>>
>>> And I was wrong: The Homebase store is not the former facility in
>>> Alban
>>> Park. The correct one is not pictured very well on Google Street
>>> View:
>>>
>>> http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=st
>>> +albans+alban+park+hatfield+road+AL4
>>> +0JH&sll=51.748973,-0.346669&sspn=0.002318,0.004705&ie=UTF8&hq=st
>>> +albans+alban+park&hnear=Hatfield+Rd,+St+Albans,+AL4,
>>> +UK&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.750984,-0.281792&panoid=dBUwTGSx2GWiDPBxTNuq
>>> H
>>> w&cbp=12,108.92,,0,2.23&ll=51.751097,-0.281773&spn=0,0.001176&z=20
>>> <http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=st
>>> +albans+alban+park+hatfield+road+AL4
>>> +0JH&sll=51.748973,-0.346669&sspn=0.002318,0.004705&ie=UTF8&hq=st
>>> +albans+alban+park&hnear=Hatfield+Rd,+St+Albans,+AL4,
>>> +UK&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.750984,-0.281792&panoid=dBUwTGSx2GWiDPBxTNuq
>>> H
>>> w&cbp=12,108.92,,0,2.23&ll=51.751097,-0.281773&spn=0,0.001176&z=20>
>>>
>>> You can see it behind the Volkswagen dealer. I will provide some
>>> pics
>>> soon. It is inhabited by a companay called "Best Import ltd."
>>> http://www.bestimports.co.uk/pages/contact.shtml
>>> <http://www.bestimports.co.uk/pages/contact.shtml>
>>>
>>> However, enough content for a couple of future blog posting. What
>>> a day.
>>> I need a coffee...
>>
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