Hi Ray,
Hank has technicians who can build and service the amps, though I think he's pretty much the R&D department. Many companies survive the retirement of their founder. Also, I have a technician here in New Orleans who can service Wolcott amplifiers - and I'm sure he's not the only one. The only serious potential problem is if the chip on the autobias board dies, and then only if replacement chips are no longer available. To the best of my knowledge the chip is still made, and no doubt Wolcott has a pretty good reserve supply on hand. In a worst-case scenario, the New Orleans technician I mentioned could convert the amplifiers to manual bias.
My grandfather ran his own company and went to work every day until he was nearly 95 years old. I remember one time a year or two before he retired, we were walking along and an attractive young lady walked by. My grandfather noticed her, pivoting slowly on his cane to watch her walk by. He then turned to me and said, "Ah, what I wouldn't give to be seventy-five again!"
Cheers,
Duke
Hank has technicians who can build and service the amps, though I think he's pretty much the R&D department. Many companies survive the retirement of their founder. Also, I have a technician here in New Orleans who can service Wolcott amplifiers - and I'm sure he's not the only one. The only serious potential problem is if the chip on the autobias board dies, and then only if replacement chips are no longer available. To the best of my knowledge the chip is still made, and no doubt Wolcott has a pretty good reserve supply on hand. In a worst-case scenario, the New Orleans technician I mentioned could convert the amplifiers to manual bias.
My grandfather ran his own company and went to work every day until he was nearly 95 years old. I remember one time a year or two before he retired, we were walking along and an attractive young lady walked by. My grandfather noticed her, pivoting slowly on his cane to watch her walk by. He then turned to me and said, "Ah, what I wouldn't give to be seventy-five again!"
Cheers,
Duke