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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Initials "PWL" on back side of monitor from J.J. Jeczalik

2012-05-20 by James Thomson

Hi,

    PWL stands for Pete Waterman Limited.

James 


On 20 May 2012, at 21:14, "synthserver" <synthserv@hotmail.com> wrote:

> While surfing the web a bit yesterday, I stumbled on a picture of J.J. Jeczalik, sitting at his Fairlight CMI IIx. Since I bought that system, it was nice to see a picture of him actually sitting near it. The nice fact was that I saw the "B"-sticker on the monitor, which was still on there when I bought it. Since I didn't like the sticker, I removed it, so the glue wouldn't damage the paint.
> 
> The actual tube was brandnew and does not have the bubling problem, because the tube used does not have the foil layer. There is no sign of burning in, so I guess it was serviced not very long before I bought the system in 1995.
> 
> Now, I always wondered what the initials "PWL" on the back stand for. My guess was that it was put there by Peter Wielk, but what does the "L" stand for?
> 
>

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