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Subject: Re: walnut wing cabinets with magic buss

From: "Michael Zacherl (aka TonTaub) " <egroups@...>
Date: 2005-05-15

Larry,

this is gonna look great, in fact they already do right now!

I´m definitely looking forward to see the finished setup!

All the best, :-) Michael. (errm - greetz from Valencia this time ;-)


Quoting "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@...>:

> While I have been getting no synth related work done at all, my cabinet
> maker has been hard at work putting together my personal cabinets that will
> add to my existing 4 row x 24U set up many of you have already seen. After
> making and shipping more than 20 cabinets to others, I finally got him back
> on track to make my cabinets. I have been out of space for a long time. My
> original cabinet maker quit after he made the first 3.
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> The concept for my cabinets came from my desire to combine the slant front
> look of the Moog cabinets with the wrap around functionality of the Roland
> System 700 wing cabinets. My other desire was to make a percentage of my
> modular space set up for mounting on the 19" rails so that I can mix and
> match MOTM modules into the same cabinet with my 19" rack gear that will
> also reside in that cabinet. That will include my Kenton MIDI2CV, a PAiA
> vocoder, and s few other select items.
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> The bottom cabinet is set up for the magic buss just like my center
> cabinets. The top cabinets are simply a 12U high x 19" rack size. These
> cabinet nest up to my main cabinets so there is no gap between. The
> inverted near triangle space in the corners will have a metal panel that
> will house joysticks and push buttons and perhaps a theremin-like antenna
> for generating CV controls.
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> http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/cabinet/wing-cabinets.jpg
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> In a couple of weeks I get to pick these up and bring them how for
> finishing. The bottom space holds 2 rows of 8U wide each. The top cabinet
> holds of course up to 2 rack rails sets. So, these cabinets add 72 U of
> space for MOTM modules and 4 19" rack U tall. It is my plan to stop at 168U
> (96+72). However, the astute will notice that since these cabinets have a
> 45 degree angle, that I could double this exact setup and end up with a
> horseshoe console. capable of holding 240U. (96+72+72)
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> Larry :-)
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