From ac Sent Tue, Jan 6th 2004, 15:55
I was in tunrkey this afternoon and the whole vintage corner has gone. Completely ripped out and replaced with a keyboard sales section. So does this mean the collection is for sale? Anybody got any inside info? ac > -----Original Message----- > Sent: 26 April 2003 19:31 > To: 'xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx' > Subject: [AH] Turnkeys Silent Modulars > > > I was in central London today with my digicam so I popped > into Turnkey and grabbed a few quick snaps of their hugely > under-used ageing beauties in the basement. > > Arp 2500 & 2600, Moog Modular, Roland 100m, Emu Modular, > Formant Modular, etc > > It's such a crime that these synths are rarely used. > And it's such sweet torture having to stand behind the red > rope without playing these beasts. > > Apparently if you buy gear from Turnkey you get (or can pay > for) sampling time in here. > Alas, I have never heard of any of these synths being played > in their current home. Ever. > They just sit in this basement powered up, day in, day out, > lonely and very very silent. > > I believe they were purchased from the ailing Cornwall synth > museum when it was on it's way out? > > http://www.ftg.co.uk/~andrew/gallery/TurnkeySynthporn > > ac > > PS note the Keith Emerson and Bob Moog signatures! > > >