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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
To: "MOTM litserv" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:12 AM
Subject: Jeff Pontius


>I met Jeff here in Dallas at the ".com" gathering. Very nice person, good 
> customer and we exchanged many emails. A sad day.
> 
> Paul S.
> 
> 
>> Dear list members,
>>
>> It saddens me to to you all that Jeff Pontius passed away yesterday after a
>> long struggle with cancer.
>>
>> Jeff was not a member of this list, but I'm certain there are members here
>> who have interacted with Jeff at one time or another.  Jeff was my partner
>> in building the Dim C and other projects.  He was a wonderful person and a
>> close friend of mine.  I will miss him greatly.
>>
>> My condolences go to his wife, Eunhee, and his family members.
>>
>> Scott
>> 
>

Very sad news indeed. I knew Jeff thru emails for the last several years and he was a great guy. I had no idea he was ill. Moe ... -- Dave Bradley

Jeff's CD-R is on my permanent rotation list both on my home stereo
and on my MP3 player.  Great guy, great musician.

:(

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
> To: "MOTM litserv" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:12 AM
> Subject: Jeff Pontius
> 
> 
> >I met Jeff here in Dallas at the ".com" gathering. Very nice
person, good 
> > customer and we exchanged many emails. A sad day.
> > 
> > Paul S.
> > 
> > 
> >> Dear list members,
> >>
> >> It saddens me to to you all that Jeff Pontius passed away
yesterday after a
> >> long struggle with cancer.
> >>
> >> Jeff was not a member of this list, but I'm certain there are
members here
> >> who have interacted with Jeff at one time or another.  Jeff was
my partner
> >> in building the Dim C and other projects.  He was a wonderful
person and a

> >> close friend of mine.  I will miss him greatly.
> >>
> >> My condolences go to his wife, Eunhee, and his family members.
> >>
> >> Scott
> >> 
> >
>

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Bradley" <mate.stubb@...> wrote:

> I had no idea he was ill.

Me neither. :-(
I had some more e-mail contact quite some time ago.
Conversation always was nice with Jeff.

Couple of weeks ago I was looking for his website to follow some
changes he was planning  and I couldn't find it.
The last mails I saw from Jeff were things he offered for sale.
Strange.

I dug this out (from Roger's site):
http://www.synthesizers.com/mok1x.jpg

We'll surely miss him.

   Michael.

Very sad news! I was starting to wonder why I never got a reply to an
email I sent him recently. I used his design for the fpe faceplate for
my milton sequencer, and promised to send him pictures when it's done.
I was hoping to pick his brain for some last minute troubleshooting of
the thing - oh well.

He will be missed.

Steve Drake

On 8/29/06, Paul Schreiber <synth1@...> wrote:
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
>  To: "MOTM litserv" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:12 AM
>  Subject: Jeff Pontius
>
>  >I met Jeff here in Dallas at the ".com" gathering. Very nice person, good
>  > customer and we exchanged many emails. A sad day.
>  >
>  > Paul S.
>  >
>  >
>  >> Dear list members,
>  >>
>  >> It saddens me to to you all that Jeff Pontius passed away yesterday
> after a
>  >> long struggle with cancer.
>  >>
>  >> Jeff was not a member of this list, but I'm certain there are members
> here
>  >> who have interacted with Jeff at one time or another. Jeff was my
> partner
>  >> in building the Dim C and other projects. He was a wonderful person and
> a
>  >> close friend of mine. I will miss him greatly.
>  >>
>  >> My condolences go to his wife, Eunhee, and his family members.
>  >>
>  >> Scott
>  >>
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Stephen Drake
sduck409@...
makeme1witheverything@...

This is sad news.  I met Jeff at MOK 2002 and we corresponded occasionally
after that.  I heard about his three year cancer battle just two months ago,
after a reference to declining health on an AH post.

Jeff built two of the MOTM format Diode Waveform Shaper modules from the
same Stooge panels as mine, still a greatly under-recognized module in my
opinion.  Over the years it seemed like Jeff was among the first DIYer to
build every unusual module out there, and even help design a few like the
Dim C and the CGS Weighted Random Switch.  

Jeff's enthusiasm and presence will be missed.

John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com

> 
> On 8/29/06, Paul Schreiber <synth1@...> wrote:
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
> >  To: "MOTM litserv" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> >  Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:12 AM
> >  Subject: Jeff Pontius
> >
> >  >I met Jeff here in Dallas at the ".com" gathering. Very nice person,
> good
> >  > customer and we exchanged many emails. A sad day.
> >  >
> >  > Paul S.
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >> Dear list members,
> >  >>
> >  >> It saddens me to to you all that Jeff Pontius passed away yesterday
> > after a
> >  >> long struggle with cancer.
> >  >>
> >  >> Jeff was not a member of this list, but I'm certain there are
> members
> > here
> >  >> who have interacted with Jeff at one time or another. Jeff was my
> > partner
> >  >> in building the Dim C and other projects. He was a wonderful person
> and
> > a
> >  >> close friend of mine. I will miss him greatly.
> >  >>
> >  >> My condolences go to his wife, Eunhee, and his family members.
> >  >>
> >  >> Scott
> >  >>

Wow.. yet another sad day.  I didn't know Jeff personally, but I remember he
was one of the handful of kind and knowledgeable list members that greeted
me back in early 2001.  He also offered advice early on when I was a noob.
Unfortunately his personal web site hosted by KSU does not appear to be
available any longer.  But you can find the site in the wayback machine
here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20031007081942/http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~jpont/

He was quite the musician.  I wonder if there is any way to get a copy of
this CD:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050308201526/http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~jpont/elecmusic.html

Sigh.

-George

At 11:42 PM 8/29/2006, groovyshaman wrote:

>He was quite the musician.  I wonder if there is any way to get a copy of
>this CD:

Both AudioImagery and SynthImagery are available from the iTunes Music Store.
--
john