Hi
In January of this year my brother Mike unfortunately died in what seems like an awful accident at his bungalow. I won't go into details here but we are still awaiting reports from our local coroner and the Health & Safety Executive.
Mike was a huge fan of everything B & O. He was a paraplegic since the mid 1970s following a speedway accident. In recent years he was more or less housebound. Time passes slowly for someone in his position. Anyway a few years back I managed to get him online and not long afterwards we found this forum. He never posted much as he lacked confidence with typing/spelling etc. On the odd occasion he really wanted some advice/answers to questions he asked me to post a message. Anyway, even though he hardly posted, I know he spent hours and hours looking at all sorts here and he took no end of pleasure from 'being here'. Hardly a day passed without him spending some time on this site. I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you for unknowingly helping Mike pass many hours. I would especially like to thank Lee. I know Mike spoke to him several times (as did I) and he was always very helpful.
Now there is another reason for me posting this message. Mike was never able to let go of things. He was defintely a right magpie. Myself and my father have to decide what to do with his possessions. He still had some old B & O gear that has not been used for many years but may be of interest to someone here. We are not interested in selling this gear but I did wonder if there might be someone here who would like take it off our hands. Some of it will need some work done so it could be a bit of a restoration project. The gear is as follows;
Beovision 7700 -- Still a lovely picture. Nice looking but there is no remote control and even when we did have the remote the TV channels would only change by manually cahnging them on the TV. I would think it is only a loose wire causing the problem.
Beogram 120 Turntable -- As far as I know this still works fine although I imagine a new cartridge would be pretty essential.
Beocord 2200 Cassette Deck -- I think there was fault with this. From memory I think the motor may have packed up but it such a long time since it was used I cannot remember for certain.
Beomaster 1700 Tuner -- Nothing wrong with this as far as I know.
Beolab 1700 Amplifier -- Again I think this is still in working order.
Beovox 2702 Speakers -- Nice condition and still working.
Beocord VHS80 VCR -- There maybe a small fault with this, again difficult to remember but should be easily repairable for someone who understands these things.
So that is the lot I think, at least at the moment. We would like them to go to a good home if possible. I have no idea if anyone would be interested in these items. If there is more than one person then I guess I will have to do it on a first come first served basis. Anyone that is interested will have to collect them from us in Newport in South Wales. So if anyone is interested please send me a PM and I will get in touch.
Once again many thanks to you all for giving Mike so much pleasure and helping him pass the time.
Nick Powell