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--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, davevosh@a... wrote:
 (altho, my machine`s "look" is governed by my aesthetic that says 
,"not one 
> cent for anything other than modules !").

Dave,

You know, I used to think about it that way - I will temporarily post a 
picture of my Serge that I built from the '70's - no panel graffix, 
galvanized metalwork.  I did my first sessions with that system, and it 
was great, because I never had to worry about it being stolen!  It's 
just that, 27 years later, my Serge system is this shitty galvanized 
metal thing with 27 years of crud on it.  (I still use it, though!)

I just remember sitting in front of the Buchla 200 at Calarts (the one 
that Grant now owns).  The cabinet, which was huge (we carved our 
initials in the sides), was like a shrine for electronic music.  

I think that we under estimate the value of experience of making music 
in front of instruments like these.  The Buchla was like sitting in 
front of an Arp 2600 - a complete system, except that it was 
wonderfully expansive system (10 osc, 4 filter, 12 lopass gates, 16 
env, etc....)  Whenever I would come across the picture of Subotnick on 
the back of Sidewinder, where he is sitting in front of the Electric 
Music Box, I would think "I've been there".  It felt like the Steinway 
of electronic music systems. 

It's just that I think that Grant's instrument is worth that kind of 
thought, time and investment, and I am in another place in life, so 
that I can afford to make the decisions that I made....  

It makes only one real statement - that Grant's 300 series modules are 
completly beautiful.

I think that this is a way of preserving Grant's genius for the future 
- my kids are already fighting about who gets this one!

Gary