Hi folks! Me again! Jay McCarty wrote:
>
>Peter!! Spending thousands won't do it!!! You have to spend tens of
>thousands!!!! The most nearly accurate reproduction of the Colmar 
>Ruckers
>I've ever heard was on a system costing approximately $150,000 
>US!!!!!
>
>If you haven't heard such a system, you're simply not entitled to 
say 
>it can't be done.
>
I give in!  But I have no idea what the guy I spoke of paid - he was 
pretty well-heeled - but to me anything costing a thousand is unreal!  
And I'm so tight by nature I am sure that were I in the Bill Gates 
income bracket I still wouldn't spend that much money on such a 
system!  In any case it would be cheaper to buy myself a Lear Jet and 
fly around the world to hear the real thing any time I wanted!!!!!  

 But then I probably wouldn't! I am totally reactionary by nature. I 
look back fondly to when I had no electricity or plumbing - I'd love 
to live that way again, but I'd never be allowed to I fear!!!  I'm 
happy without TV or radio so it wouldn't be a hardship. The only 
thing is I'm used to  air conditioning now, and I can no longer stand 
the summers the way I once did. Indeed, I used to believe firmly that 
one couldn't properly enjoy harpsichord music in a modern setting, 
but hot, sticky evenings are a bit much any more!

Oh - yes - cutting up wood by hand for an instrument is bloody hard 
work! 

Best!

Peter Redstone
http://www.ctg.net/redstone