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Tympani III's for donation, free/very low $$$, northern NJ

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I have a set of Tympani III speakers which are very distressed.
They were stored in my basement, and recently were flooded
to a height of about 30 inches. (They were stored folded and standing.)

They looked like this, although they this a III-A picture:
http://user.faktiskt.se/RogerGustavsson/Tympani%20III-A.jpg

I am feeling a bit ashamed of allowing this to happen to these classics,
and I am very tempted to just toss them.

The water reached high enough to get to the driver panels,
and the covers began to mold before I got to them. The bottom
portions of the frames have warped. Right now they are standing
outside drying and airing.

I have removed the burlap cloth on the lower portion of one double panel.

These speakers are so old that they were distributed by Audio Research.
I can't guarantee they are good for anything but archeological purposes,
but if there is someone who would like to have them, let me know.

If you can demonstrate adequate zeal, enough to partially mitigate
my shame, you can have them for free. Otherwise I'll take a few bucks.
Pickup only in northern NJ- the sooner the better. I could put
them back in the basement temporarily, I guess, but I really want
to get them out of my sight.

:(

Follow Ups:

RE: Tympani III's for donation, free/very low $$$, northern NJ - Baranyi 21:20:48 09/22/11 (2)
I went to see a pair of Tympani III's today! How would these speakers compare with the Tympani 1D's? They seemed to be parts of very extensive systems (mostly triamped.)

One thing of note here is that I called Magnepan yesterday and they will revamp this speaker for about $1200. If these are great speakers then $1200 could get you almost new ones. Bob
- RE: Tympani III's for donation, free/very low $$$, northern NJ - Roger Gustavsson 09:19:29 05/28/17 (0)
  Bob,
  
  Several years ago we had some conversation on Magnepan Tympani III speakers. I think you told me you had a different version of the Tympani Bass Speakers, a version with wooden crossbars?
  
  A friend of mine just laid hands on a set of Tympani Bass Speakers which have the wooden crossbars.
  
  Unfortunatley, there are some damages to the Mylar. It could be from manufacture or that they have been driven too hard. Two of the drivers are fully intact and sounds fine. I think you mentioned that Magnepan will not rebuild these drivers. Is that so?
- RE: Tympani III's for donation, free/very low $$$, northern NJ - wraight@verizon.net 20:58:03 02/20/12 (0)
  If you still have them I would be willing to pick them up and save them. my e-mail is wraight@live.com
RE: Tympani III's for donation, free/very low $$$, northern NJ - Roger Gustavsson 04:27:09 09/20/11 (0)
What an coincidence, the picture shows my Tympani III-A. They were later modified but I had no room for them. Still have them but the drivers are not working anymore.

Of the other drivers, I think the perforated sheet metal with the magnets of the larger drivers can be saved, the rest have to go. I would be interested in the those "innards" (not the tweeters)!

Unfortunately, I live in Europe.... In order to ship them, the drivers need to removed from the panels. They used to be glued and riveted. Either you bore out the rivets or just use a saw to remove the drivers. They can be packed on on top of each other and strapped on a piece of particle board or similar. The weight of the six larger drivers is about 40 kg (90 pounds). Let me know if you are interested in doing this.

Roger Gustavsson
RE: Tympani III's for donation, free/very low $$$, northern NJ - JLindborg 12:17:09 09/19/11 (1)
Damn! That's a sad sad story!

No insurance cover?

The one who succeeded was the one who didn't know it was impossible.
- RE: Tympani III's for donation, free/very low $$$, northern NJ - gcturner 13:24:14 09/19/11 (0)
  No insurance. How do you value such things for insurance?
  I doubt most insurance companies would give you much for such stuff.
  
  Flood insurance is very expensive anyway- probably only
  appropriate for washers, dryers, heating systems and such.

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