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Fire in my home (my P3 can possibly be saved)

Fire in my home (my P3 can possibly be saved)

2008-12-16 by Geir

Hi Colin,

This post is mostly for you.

I bought a used P3 in mint condition in about 2-3 months ago, but the 
1'st november, I had a fire in my house. I lost five synths, 
(possibly) one P3 and three Pc's in that fire. Thanks to the smoke 
detectors, my wife and I still lives as this happened while we where 
sleeping. If we did not had those (operational) smoke detectors, we 
would both be dead by now. Luckily my house and all inside it is 
fully insured. The house is condemned and will be rebuilt. I have 
already re-bought four of my original synths, except my first one, a 
Roland SH-7 analog synth from 1979. That one is replaced by a Moog 
Little Phatty.

Hovewer in the room where the P3 was located, it was no open fire, 
just rised temperature, smoke and ash. I have my P3 still, but I want 
to check if it is possible for me to send it to you, or just the 
electronics of it for a test and check and if possible you can mount 
that electronics into a new case with new knobs (provided that the 
electronics are operational of course). When you have checked my P3's 
electronics, we can make an agreement of price etc.

If you can't do this, (lack of new chassies etc.), I am in the market 
to buy another used P3.

Best regards from

Geir Låstad
email: la6lu@online.no

RE: [analogue-sequencer] Fire in my home (my P3 can possibly be saved)

2008-12-16 by Colin Fraser

That's bad news...
Must have been quite a fire to stop you going back for the vintage synths !

Without seeing the P3 in question, I cant really say how likely it is to
survive.
It depends on the type and amount of contamination that has reached the
circuit boards.
How bad does the outside look ?
There are no production chassis left any longer, but it may be possible to
do a Schaeffer panel and DIY rear enclosure.

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Geir
> Sent: 16 December 2008 01:47
> To: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [analogue-sequencer] Fire in my home (my P3 can 
> possibly be saved)
> 
> Hi Colin,
> 
> This post is mostly for you.
> 
> I bought a used P3 in mint condition in about 2-3 months ago, but the 
> 1'st november, I had a fire in my house. I lost five synths, 
> (possibly) one P3 and three Pc's in that fire. Thanks to the smoke 
> detectors, my wife and I still lives as this happened while we where 
> sleeping. If we did not had those (operational) smoke detectors, we 
> would both be dead by now. Luckily my house and all inside it is 
> fully insured. The house is condemned and will be rebuilt. I have 
> already re-bought four of my original synths, except my first one, a 
> Roland SH-7 analog synth from 1979. That one is replaced by a Moog 
> Little Phatty.
> 
> Hovewer in the room where the P3 was located, it was no open fire, 
> just rised temperature, smoke and ash. I have my P3 still, but I want 
> to check if it is possible for me to send it to you, or just the 
> electronics of it for a test and check and if possible you can mount 
> that electronics into a new case with new knobs (provided that the 
> electronics are operational of course). When you have checked my P3's 
> electronics, we can make an agreement of price etc.
> 
> If you can't do this, (lack of new chassies etc.), I am in the market 
> to buy another used P3.
> 
> Best regards from
> 
> Geir Låstad
> email: la6lu@online.no
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
>

Re: Fire in my home (my P3 can possibly be saved)

2008-12-18 by Geir

Hi Colin,

Thank you for you answer. lol, yes there was no chance going back for 
anything. It was just one vintage synth really, my original 1979 
bought Roland SH-7. All other synths was relatively new and is all re-
bought now. The fire started just inside the wall in the electrical 
power line intake, so because of we are not to blame for this fire, 
the insurance company makes no trouble either and that is good. So we 
can look forward to move in in a brand new house in about a year (the 
old house was built in 1964 I think).

Regarding my P3, I am affraid to try it, in case it will hurt my new 
synths if I hook it up. So I would prefer if you could tested it for 
me if you are willing to do that. The case has been warm, the knobs 
are melted. But I found a brand new wireless mouse which was still 
packed on such a plastic packings which is nearly "impossible" to 
open. Many new small gadgets/equipment are packet like this nowadays. 
The mouse looked like garbage, but when I opened the plastic 
packings, to my surprise the mouse inside still looked like new and 
is ok too. That is the reason for thinking the electronics inside the 
p3 may be okay. If you think this is a good idea, I could either ship 
it to you as it is, or open it, and remove all the circuit boards and 
then send them to you.
The casing (Schaeffer panel and DIY rear enclosure) I have no idea of 
what that is. Perhaps you could tell me a little more aboput this?

Best Regards from
Geir


--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin Fraser" <colin@...> 
wrote:
>
> That's bad news...
> Must have been quite a fire to stop you going back for the vintage 
synths !
> 
> Without seeing the P3 in question, I cant really say how likely it 
is to
> survive.
> It depends on the type and amount of contamination that has reached 
the
> circuit boards.
> How bad does the outside look ?
> There are no production chassis left any longer, but it may be 
possible to
> do a Schaeffer panel and DIY rear enclosure.
> 
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser
> Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com 
> > [mailto:analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Geir
> > Sent: 16 December 2008 01:47
> > To: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [analogue-sequencer] Fire in my home (my P3 can 
> > possibly be saved)
> > 
> > Hi Colin,
> > 
> > This post is mostly for you.
> > 
> > I bought a used P3 in mint condition in about 2-3 months ago, but 
the 
> > 1'st november, I had a fire in my house. I lost five synths, 
> > (possibly) one P3 and three Pc's in that fire. Thanks to the 
smoke 
> > detectors, my wife and I still lives as this happened while we 
where 
> > sleeping. If we did not had those (operational) smoke detectors, 
we 
> > would both be dead by now. Luckily my house and all inside it is 
> > fully insured. The house is condemned and will be rebuilt. I have 
> > already re-bought four of my original synths, except my first 
one, a 
> > Roland SH-7 analog synth from 1979. That one is replaced by a 
Moog 
> > Little Phatty.
> > 
> > Hovewer in the room where the P3 was located, it was no open 
fire, 
> > just rised temperature, smoke and ash. I have my P3 still, but I 
want 
> > to check if it is possible for me to send it to you, or just the 
> > electronics of it for a test and check and if possible you can 
mount 
> > that electronics into a new case with new knobs (provided that 
the 
> > electronics are operational of course). When you have checked my 
P3's 
> > electronics, we can make an agreement of price etc.
> > 
> > If you can't do this, (lack of new chassies etc.), I am in the 
market 
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> > to buy another used P3.
> > 
> > Best regards from
> > 
> > Geir Låstad
> > email: la6lu@...
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------
> > 
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > 
> > 
> >
>

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