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I was reading this awesome 'show us your studio' post on Vintage Synth Explorer. Page after page of big studios, little studios, sexy gear. Then, on page 77 was a post with some very different pictures - a trashed Juno 106 and a rusted, rotting Fender Rhodes next to a heap of broken rack gear. The pictures were posted by Chris Birk, who lived in New Orleans, 8 blocks away from Fats Domino. He got out with his wife, cat, dog, pictures, a handful of gear ("my newly acquired SH09, my SH-101, my MicroModular, and a Boss DD3"). He returned one month later to find the house had been under five feet of water: "The Rhodes was submerged in salt-, sewer-, and Mississippi water for 3-4 days and sat in 40°C for about a month. The keys were frozen solid and the tines were covered in a thick layer of rust."
Plenty of people in New Orleans lost far more than studio gear and hard drives full of songs (Chris himself lost his house, his job and his wife lost her grandmother). But Music Thing isn't about other things, it's about gear. After the jump are more awful pictures, and Chris' full story, including just how long it takes to restore 600 CDs that have been soaked in salt water...
PS: Chris adds: "I've saved all the knob caps from the 106, so I'll be more that happy to give them to someone who has use for them!"... [CONTINUE READING]
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