[sdiy] Couldn't help myself....Buchla 219

[Paul Schreiber]

> >Please let me point out, he got thousands of dollars for that thing
> >at a time when a new Toyota Corolla could be bought for $1795.
> >The 219 alone probably cost more than the Toyota. What did he get for
> >the whole system, $20k? The price of a Bentley....
>
> I don't know what a Corolla, much less a Bently, would have cost if
> only a hundred or so were being built. And with a lot of original
> engineering design too....


That's NOT the point. The point is my parent's house on 2 acres of land was a Moog 55 plus a
ARP2600 in 1972. If you had the money in your bank account, you could get an Electric Music Box
or 3 Shelby Cobras.

Paul S.