From Alembic's history page:
1975 Ron was developing new ideas in electronics. He was working on the Sound Vendor concept. The basic idea was to promote a group of products made by several companies in a vertical module design. They would then fit a standardized Sound Vendor rack. It was a great idea but to get different companies to co-operate in this fashion was a little ahead of its time.
Does Ron still have any interest in this avenue? I'd imagine some of Ron's designs would find a niche w/ the lunchbox crowd.