Wiardgroup

If you are still accepting orders for 300 modules, I'll place
a number of items up for sale immediately to fund a system.

Regards,

-Mike

--- In wiardgroup@y..., "grantrichter2001" <grichter@a...> wrote:
> Back in 1996, there were only two companies making 
modulars. 
> Dieter Doepfer and Rex at STS.
> 
> Darwin Grosse liked the modules I was was building for 
myself 
> and suggested I make more of them for sale. I said, "It would 
> have to be the Weird Synthesizer Company, because I don't 
want 
> to make anything normal" and that's how the joke got started.
> 
> Weird.com was taken, and while playing around with 
anagrams, 
> I came up with "Wiard" and that was available. I did not know it 
> was a proper family name, and when I post the "Weird" 
> pronounciation, I started getting hostile letters from 
> grandmothers threatening to have all their grandchildren mail 
> bomb me.
> 
> So I corrected the pronunciation to "Wired" per their request.
> 
> While researching the meaning of the word "weird" I 
discovered 
> it did not mean what I thought. It actually means "Fatelike or of 
> the Fates" because the three Greek Fates are called the "Weird 
> Sisters" as they appear in MacBeth.
> 
> This seemed appropriate. There is so much complexity in 
> modular synthesizers that you may be the first on to hear a 
> certain sound. You were "fated" to find that patch, and that fits 
> into the overall aesthetic.
> 
> The 300 series was destined to be a commercial failure. The 
> modules were handicapped from the start by blue anodizing, a 
> two color faceplate, unpopular graphics. A Utopian object in a 
> world desperate to be practical and professional.
> 
> It is only through supernatural intervention that the 300 series 
> has made it this far. The project was in continual danger of 
> collapse, but somehow at each moment, a sale would appear 
to 
> magically save the day.
> 
> I have simply served as the humble caretaker of this adventure. 
> Providing services as the Fates decided. But I am reaching the 
> limit of my physical abilities. So it is time to start considering 
> finishing up systems and completing racks. I am sure the 
Fates 
> will excuse their humble servant.
> 
> Let me know about blank spaces that need to be filled. I will 
plan 
> a last run of 300 series modules to satisfy those building 
> systems. Those who have already been quoted, or have paid 
for 
> 300 series modules will be receiving them as they are 
finished. 
> Sebastian, don't worry, you will get your modules.
> 
> I want to phase out the 300 series modules gracefully. The 
1200 
> series is now the focus of my interest and I feel like continued 
> 300 series production is blocking my progress.