Dumpster find of the century

[diamondsouled]

Fellow from over on AK pulled this gear from a dumpster, egads!

Lar

[Titanium Dome]

It's worth more than his truck!

[Mr. Widget]

It's worth more than his truck!

Probably not, but a hell of a find in any case!


Widget

[Titanium Dome]

Probably not, but a hell of a find in any case!


Widget

I don't know; that tailgate looks pretty worn.

[SMKSoundPro]

Please remember:

you get it where you find it, and you find it where you get it.

What about the snowblower?

scotty.

Is the MAc 240 worthy, or a boat anchor?

Can you use the Ampex tube pre's for something fun?

I pulled a older (early VietNam war era) Sony reel to reel from a dumpster that is all tubes and built like a tank. Tube sections sounded great!

[Mr. Widget]

Is the MAc 240 worthy, or a boat anchor?

Hard to say about that one... it may cost a bit to restore.

As for an MC 240 in nice condition, I guess it depends on your perspective. The bass is very soft and a bit fat... the highs are a tad rolled off and yet people happily pay $2K for them.


Widget

[SMKSoundPro]

I have a pair of Dynaco Mark III's that I worked dearly on, and now they just sit in a box on a shelf at work. I was into tube stuff and saw people tripping over themselves in the quest for Mc stuff.

Lisa always called me at 11:00pm and said come home...I have some tubes, too.

I guess all of my Dyna stuff is available if someone want it. i have a couple PS2 pres and a FM2 and parts for the earlier stuff.

Also have Genelex kt88's, but the seller wiped them clean before he sent them. But they are Genelex.

[speakerdave]

Please remember:

you get it where you find it, and you find it where you get it . . . .

[SMKSoundPro]

I asked the owner engineer where he got he really cool flask he always carried full of Courvoisier(?), and this is what he said..

in other words: I found it where I got it.

So seek and ye shall find..

[diamondsouled]

Apparently all this equipment belonged to a Wade Denning:
Composer ("The Maxwell House Coffee Pot"), trumpeter and arranger, educated at the University of North Carolina, and a trumpeter and arranger for bands including those of Charlie Barnet, Les Elgart, and George Olsen. He also composed songs and jingles for advertising agencies, such as the well-known instrumental tune above. He joined ASCAP in 1956, and his chief musical collaborators included Kay Lande and Lloyd
Marx.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219402/bio
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He also recorded some kids halloween records as well as ghost stories:

http://scarstuff.blogspot.com/2006/0...ries-with.html

http://scarstuff.blogspot.com/2006/0...een-games.html



Perhaps even on the same gear that is pictured!
Unfortunately it wasn't me that found the mother lode but a fellow AKer from Long Island where Wade passed away a year ago:
"Wade Dennings grandson told me(as we were loading this stuff up) that his family had called museums,radio clubs,record collectors etc,and
was basically told to call the Salvation army. They were happy that I was willing to rescue all this stuff from the trash."
Unfortunate as well is the fact that all of Wades RTR tapes were lost because they'd been thrown into the dumpster which had water in the bottom ;-(.


At least his gear will live on.


Cheers


Lar

[jbl]

I would plotz if I found that gear.