MOTM

Clearly the apple has not fallen far from the tree.  It is a good
thing you're doing, and it honors your Dad, and it is greatly
appreciated by us all.

Thank you!

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "hendryjl" <jim.hendry@i...> wrote:
>
> I just joined into your group here. I appreciate Dave (Moe) for 
> notifying you all about Dad and Anne's passing. I wasn't sure how to 
> pass it along to you all, but I knew it was critical that I did.
> 
> Dave has already started helping me to ensure my Dad's website 
> (wiseguysynth.com) will stay up. I would like to make it begin with a 
> small memorial page in his honor, but otherwise I'd like it to remain 
> intact, or to grow and be enhanced as appropriate.
> 
> I loved watching my Dad build his modules. I bought him the drill 
> press he used to drill your panels for Christmas one year :-). I had 
> a lot of EE classes in college, but I forgot too much of it to follow 
> it as fast as he wanted to show it to me. He would positively glow 
> when he talked about all the things in his rack. He'd tell me be 
> about the people behind the names like Synthesis Technologies, Blacet 
> Research, and Catgirl Synth. You all contributed to him just as he 
> gave back to you. I was just beginning to look at building him some 
> cabinets as I am becoming an avvid hobbiest woodworker these days. He 
> was SO PROUD of the work he did with you and I know he was VERY PROUD 
> to call you all his friends.
> 
> With Dave's assistance, I hope to be able to ensure that any orders 
> are fulfilled. Also, any parts that wind up leftover, I want to make 
> sure get sold. I am not interested in the money part of it, I just 
> want to ensure that the work he's done gets out there for him to live 
> on in your synth cabinets, and in your hearts.
> 
> If there are any specific modules that he's designed that are solely 
> owned by him, I'd like to make any of those designs public domain. 
> There is a ton of stuff here to go through related to MOTM. It's 
> mostly notepads of engineering diagrams and such. I know he would 
> want anything he could share with you all to be shared, so I will do 
> my best to accomodate that desire.
> 
> Eventually, I plan to come back and read each and every kind word and 
> posting I see that you have all left about my father. In reading a 
> few already, I've noticed a common thread that you all have been able 
> to use him for reference, advice, and guidance. As a father, he 
> provided me with those things about all aspects of life. He was a 
> mentor, role model, and guide for me. If you had developed the 
> impression over these bit streams that tie us together that you were 
> dealing with a good man, I am here to let you know that you were more 
> right than you could imagine.
> 
> I'd like to leave a couple of parting thoughts in this post in regards
> to some things of related and not so related comments:
> 
> - Fathers, take time to tell your sons you love them and how proud 
> of them you are. Father-son relationships can be tough when it comes 
> to communication because... well... we're guys. Speaking with people 
> close to my father, I'm find out that he told many people about how 
> proud he was of his sons, even though it wasn't always so clearly 
> apparent to me how much. Go out of your way when you can to 
> communicate your feelings to your children.
> 
> - You folks... the MOTM elite... you represent a unique family for 
> each other. I know my Dad felt that way. Whatever positive attitudes 
> you felt he contributed, please help keep those pattens alive in the 
> group.
> 
> - The temptation to built the "ultimate-super-cool-mega-power" set of 
> modules is overwhelming. My dad enjoyed the work so much. Along the 
> way, stop and smell the roses... use your modules, bask in the glory 
> of what you've created and play! It's no fun to build and build if 
> hardly get to use them.
> 
> Ok, I've poured my heart out a bit too much at this point, so I'll 
> let you guys get back to it. Forgive the rambling and any grammar and 
> spellng errors. I will remain a member of this group for a while so I 
> can read your posts and keep you apprised of how things are going 
> with his MOTM items. 
> 
> Take care, and keep having fun with those synths!!!
> 
> Jim (James L Hendry Jr)
>