Peter Lederman in Second Bout With COVID-19

Peter IS at home.

Get well Peter, thoughts and prayers man. We are all pulling for you to make a full recovery.

I just chatted with a cart tech/builder who works at Soundsmith. He said it isn’t good. He has actually taken a second job right now because the company is simply in bad shape overall without Peter there. As a small company, I can see that happening.

@lewm

The tech I have chatted with is basically the only builder besides Peter himself. He knows what is going on, believe me. I didn’t feel the need to pry any future than my initial concern, and if he could verify the reports.

Peter has been in the hospital for a week now, but he did state, ‘he would be fine’. Hopefully that is the case, but because of how Peter operates his company, any significant time out of the office/shop can create issues. They only have a handful of employees, and business-wise, Peter ‘wears most all the hats’. That is the case of many small companies as Soundsmith. I’ve worked in a few small Architectural firms, and if the principle was be gone for any significant time unexpectedly, it can create issues vs them being there.

Lets just pray Peter recovers fully again, and can get Soundsmith to full operation sooner than later. But his absence seems to be taking a toll, and did earlier. Remember, Peter’s own hand is involved in building most of the highest end products himself. At least that is my understanding.

Seriously, are ‘we’ really going to turn a thread about concern for Peter Ledermann, the man and respected creator of incredible audio equipment, into a mud slinging contest?

There must be better forums for that type of tripe.

@rsf507

As of yesterday he was still in the hospital, and has been there for for a week now.

@mijostyn

The tech/builder/employee has given no detail about Peter’s condition, only that ‘it isn’t good’, and also, ‘he will be fine’. Again, I did not pry for detail, but just wanted to confirm the ‘reports’ out there, particularly from Michael Fremer. He didn’t seem aware that the information was ‘out there’ at all.

But, per all his accounts of working with Peter and at Soundsmith, he in intimately involved in the business overall, and Peter as well. That’s all. I’m not trying to give ‘first hand knowledge’ of what Peter’s condition is nor the details of it, but simply tried to confirm the general reports.

@antinn 

Fantastic news. Let’s hope for a full recovery, and the shop gets back normal sooner than later. It’s been a pretty tough year for Peter and Soundsmith.

@ediver 

Peter is now home and getting better (from one of the builders/employees). Soundsmith will be back in full operation Monday from what I understand, but they are way behind in getting things built, repaired, and shipped out.