Wiardgroup

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "dalimaster2004" <dalimaster2004@...> wrote:
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> I am in the midst of a large modcan b series purchase.

Bruce must be very happy. As a practical matter, I suggest you not tell either women or 
instrument designers that they are your second choice ;^)

>I have heard 
> things that the Wiard can do that appear to be different than many of 
> the other modulars are capable of, other than perhaps the Buchla.

The original analog 200 series, yes. The 200e series is digital and does not compare in 
sound quality to either the Wiard or the original 200 series.

 > How hard is it to get the Big Blue series of Wiard?  How expensive is a 
> relatively full (six unit) Wiard?  I have heard that artheritis is 
> keeping the builder from making the older style anymore.

Some of the hand assembly needed for the 300 series is physically painful to me now. That 
is why I have assitants to do those operations which are difficult for me. There was a time 
period when I had no one to assist me, that is probably where the rumor started.

The tens of thousands of hand operations caused injury which in turn caused the early 
onset of arthritis. Repetative stress injury is a risk many artists face, musicians specially. 
Like other artists, I believe the end result is worth the risk.

> Do they come up for sale often? 

No.

>Are they as special as I imagine they are?

I like to think so. My customers tell me they are unique.

>Why?  

The instrument was designed literally from the ground up, to improve on the existing 
ideas in both East and West coast synthesizers. Along with new and unique features, they 
offer improved sound quality, noise floors, stability and most important, reliability.