Yeah - all this stands to reason.
As for Will and me - well - some time ago we resigned ourselves to
spending real buckaroos (let alone our sweat equity, so to speak) on
this instrument and it's component parts.
So I look at it this way - in part to make myself feel better - great
pianos of certain pedigree can easily be worth over $75,000; guitars
over $25,000. I wonder how much that breaks down to by key and
hammer, string, harp, case (midi interface, envelope generator,
oscillator, rack with powersupply, case) <LOL>.
These MOTM things are no-holds barred rather like all great
instruments. And I'm hesitant to populate the modules with anything
that's not going to hold up over time or compromise the designer's
intent. And so I shrug, tighten my belt, and shell out the Dead
Presidents.
Ouch! Bill
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Laity <synthetic@...> wrote:
>
> Because no one builds analog audio components anymore? The audio
> industry is puny, so when the medical, military, etc. industries stop
> buying these parts, they get expensive to do. I'm sure Paul's orders
> are several orders of magnitude away from being interesting to any of
> these parts suppliers. (Except for maybe the british flag display guy.)
>
>
> On Sep 2, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Kenneth Elhardt wrote:
>
> > Paul writes:
> > >>Looking at the Spectrol prices now, Mouser is asking over ∗$7
> > each∗ for
> > the 148/149 pots! They used to be $3 each.<<
> >
> > Andre Majoral writes:
> > >>KB1051S28-ND and KKB1051S28-ND ? Whoa ! 11 USD for the single, 33
> > USD for
> > the dual. Methinks a group buy at Alpha is in order.<<
> >
> > Seems like all I hear is how parts have doubled, trippled,
> > quadruppled in
> > price. Do these companies ever give any justification for their insane
> > price increases? Do people ever make their anger known to those
> > companies?
> > Seems like they're screwing people over and getting away with it.
> >
> > -Elhardt
> >
>
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