Family members keep asking me what I want for Christmas. This list is here not because I'm greedy, but to help relieve some stress.

(Updated Dec. 25, 2002)

Equipment

• Yamaha C3 Baby Grand Piano (~$35,000 Cdn)
• A good music notation computer program (i.e. Sibelius)
• A cabinet for all of my music books
• Full pedal midi keyboard, plus sound module, to turn the digital piano into a pipe organ

• Mozart Sonatas, Volume I (I now have volume II, Schirmers, thank you very much!)
• Haydn Sonatas
• Bach - Well Tempered Clavier, Volume I (I think; I need to double check)
• Chopin Scherzi
• Gershwin -- I have none of his music at the moment

• Anything played by Marc-André Hamelin except "Live at Wigmore Hall", and "Marc-Andre' Hamelin plays Liszt", which I already have.
• Anything played by Vladimir Horowitz, except his last recording.
• John Kimura Parker playing the Barber Piano Concerto

• A decent woodworking vice (min 7", with bench dog and quick release). Record has a good model
• Plunge router (greater than 1/4" collet, but with accessory so I can use existing 1/4" bits)
• Jointer/Planer (min 6", good quality) (~$500 min)
• Thickness plane (min 12", good quality) (~500min) Jointer is higher priority
• Carbide tipped stacked dado blade (~$200)
• Band saw
• Scroll saw
• Compressor, for use with air tools (such as pneumatic nail guns)
• Metalworking equipment so I can modify my tools as I please
• Sheet metal brake
• Metal lathe -- one of those Unimat type lathes would be great fun!
• Welding equipment
• Pen turning kit (mandrel, etc)
• Carving chisels (High speed steel only; no cheapies)
• Woodworker's bench -- I'd like to make my own, but wouldn't turn down a good one!

• Rack mounted bins for easy access to components
• A few PIC16F628 chips for experimentation; at least one of the EEPROM kind
• Space -- I don't have enough room for a decent shop right now

• Digital Camera
• New computer (just to keep current); doesn't have to be extreme, but must be reliable, and hopefully quiet
• Computer books -- please consult someone in the business for books that they found helpful. Only the best books will suffice.
• Book: A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram

• Hockey equipment; everything except helmet and gloves
• Canoe and accessories

• Hands-free accessory for my Nokia 5190 cell phone (for use in the car)
• Video Camera
• Dream House (to go with the Baby Grand) -- Energy efficient dome with large, heated workshop, on lots (up to 200) of wooded acres
• Time