Hi Ron,
As his son said at the funeral service, it was really just Tommy. On and off I think he had some help but it was largely a 1 man show. Certainly the industrial design, circuit design, dealing w/ the various places that assembled the boards and made the chassis, ordering the mucho expensive transformers etc., the customer service - All Tommy (except for the sorbothane footers on the bases of the Maraschinos - my idea!!).
You guys don't know the number of times I heard "I was a up all night so I could get this XXX product out to this guy I've been talking to..." The reason he was up all night was often because his kids needed him during "normal business hours"
I can tell you that as far as I know he was selling all of his gear for as little as he could - There was never the slightest hint of "He-he, ya' know what I really pay for each board...".
For years we were discussing subwoofers - He wanted a ~1 cubic foot enclosure from billet aluminum. Oh man, what could have been.
I know it's corny to say that noone is gone if we talk about them or take some other step to remember them, but if this can ever be so it surely is when we keep enjoying music through Tommy's gear.
-Mike
