I wonder what their logic was to not sell the knob production tooling
Seems kind of rude to stop producing the knobs and even more rude not to
sell the tooling!

Lots of companies used the REAN knobs.

> I just wanted inform you that the knob manufacturer (ReAn
> Sulzer/Switzerland) has stopped the production of the knobs that were used
> in the A-100, MAQ16/3 and other products. We tried to buy the productions
> tools from ReAn as they are no longer used. But ReAn was not willing to
> sell
> the moulds. We are about to find another manufacturer who is able to
> produce
> a copy of the knob but I'm not sure if the copies will look exactly the
> same. I assume that all modules manufactured until end of this year will
> still be equipped with the original ReAn version of the knobs. But from
> early in 2012 the modules will be delivered little by little with the new
> knobs. We will try to get new knobs that look as close as possible to the
> old ones but I'm not sure if there may be a small noticeable difference.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>
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