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Allie Cassidy
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I fix things. Dublin->California->Cork. Gaeilge más maith leat 🇮🇪
Imagine converting to Catholicism late in life, then getting publicly schooled by the Pope himself on interpreting Christian doctrine. Big oof!
February 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Special treat - I got my nails done today! Rinne mé cineál speisíalta inniu - lámh-mhaisiú nua álainn dom!

It's kinda hard to have pretty nails *and* fix synths, you have to choose one 🎹💙🤍

#PPG #PPGWave #VintageDigital
February 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
@catsynth.bsky.social and Anthony Marinelli play the ARP 2600, at the Alan R Pearlman / ARP Archives booth yesterday

#NAMM #NAMM2025
January 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The awesome Dave Rossum stopped by the stand to say hello!! He is the genius behind the original E-mu Emulator that brought sampling to the public ear. He’s a really nice guy, and super generous with his time 😊🎹

#DaveRossum #EMuEmulator #NAMM #NAMM2025
January 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
LaMar Mitchell is Stevie Wonder’s keyboard tech and an amazing musician in his own right. He’s also a really lovely person!

LaMar was so taken with the ProSoloist last year that he asked could I source and restore one for him? So I did! Today, LaMar left the show with a 100% working ProSoloist 🎹❤️
January 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
And - out!! I have so much to say, but it’s time for the long haul back to the Bay Area! So much hard work and so much love! ❤️

#NAMM #NAMMShow #NAMM2025
January 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My most emotional moment today had to be meeting Roger Linn for the first time. As an engineer and inventor, he’s an inspiration!! And as a human being, he’s a wonderful person.

I’ve lost count the number of Linn Drums I’ve repaired over the years, but never thought I would meet the inventor 🥁❤️
January 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My fave pic from the show yesterday! These instruments are all over 50 years old now #NAMM #NAMMShow #NAMM2025
January 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As a teen, I read “The Scourge of the Swastika” and always wondered how companies like BMW, Bayer / IG Farben, and Zeiss fell quickly into line with the fascist regime.

I don’t wonder any more.

Photos are from the BMW Museum in Munich, where they openly acknowledge and atone for their Nazi past
January 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Quick breakfast stop! This is a very special place. I’ve not been here in … 15 years? #MadonnaInn #SLO
January 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
And we are done! All set for the grand opening day on Thursday - I’m super excited! But for now - back I go to the Bay Area. Work tomorrow.

(and yes, I deliberately blurred the background. You’ll have to wait 🤣) #NAMM #NAMMShow #NAMM2025 #ARP #VintageAnalog
January 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice” - MLK Jr.

Someone reminded me of this just now, and maybe this is something to keep in mind on this particular day. #MLKDay
January 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
oad trip, stopping off in Calabazas to drop off an instrument. Let’s go!!

#NAMM #NAMMShow #NAMM2025 #ARPFoundation #AlanRPearlman #VintageAnalog
January 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I’m driving down to Los Angeles tomorrow to set up the booth for the ARP Foundation at the 2025 NAMM Show. Then back here the next day. *Then* back again Wednesday night to work the booth Thursday - Saturday at the show. I’m super excited! See y’all there! #ARP #NAMM #NAMMShow #NAMM2025
January 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Do the crime, do the ... oh, wait.
January 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I stayed up tonight to watch #THX-1138 - first time for my kids to see. It’s nice to see all the familiar SF film locations.

Thank goodness we don’t live in an AI-governed dystopian surveillance state, drugged up to the eyeballs, and expected to mindlessly consume reality TV and work till we die.
January 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Holiday party @ Apple Park 😊

#ApplePark #Apple
December 29, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Gracie, my helper and quality manager #Caturday
December 29, 2024 at 3:36 AM
It’s fun* being a “skilled immigrant” in the US today, whilst watching MAGA tear itself apart as to whether I should be allowed to exist here or not.

Next on the chopping block will be the H1b / L1, as well as targeting the E-series LPR visas.

(* actually not fun)
December 28, 2024 at 12:52 AM
This MicroMoog was finished a while back, but I just gave it a final test and tune. Also for sale and working perfectly! 🎹❤️

#Moog #MicroMoog #VintageAnalog
December 8, 2024 at 7:37 AM
This beautiful Korg Delta is now 100% finished, calibrated and tested - and all ready to go. Some new pots have been fitted, all the way from Paris, and all electrolytics replaced. Yes, they were leaky!

This also has custom wood sides, which it came with.

For sale!
December 8, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Yeah, we’re ready! Tuning in from California ❤️🇮🇪 #RTÉ #LateLateToyShow
December 6, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Cruising up to Alice’s in the bug, just soaking up the last of the sunshine while we can. James got a hot apple cider, to warm up! 😊

I got up early, adjusted the brakes and the steering box - there’s so much manual stuff that needs doing that we take for granted. Today. But it’s worth the effort.
November 28, 2024 at 6:58 AM
"Our task as men is to find the few principles that will calm the infinite anguish of free souls. We must mend what has been torn apart, make justice imaginable again in a world so obviously unjust, give happiness a meaning once more to peoples poisoned by the misery of the century” - Albert Camus.
November 18, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Fun fact, and apropos of nothing: if any of your parents or grandparents were born on the island of Ireland, you are entitled to apply for Irish citizenship and residence. It also permits residence in any European Economic Area (EEA) nation, including Iceland.

Message me if you want more info.
November 18, 2024 at 2:52 AM