FARFISA SYNTORCHESTRA *** VGC *** WOODEN STUDIO MODEL

	€		399
	$		464

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Up for sale here is a FARFISA SYNTORCHESTRA analog preset synthesizer. In very good condition. I never saw another wooden version (studio version) and never a perfect working one neither. SO THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY !!! It's the only synth, I know of, that can sound like a theremin. And it does! But not only that makes it so special... The sound in general is very nice as we can expect from Farfisa. A beautifull synthesizer!!! The pictures shown are all from the actual item. I can give no better physical description. Notebookholder and pedals NOT included.

The SYNTORCHESTRA is used by Klaus Schultze, Pink Floyd, Vangelis and so many others !

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INFORMATION (from the Net) > According to the very well done book "A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers" by Peter Forrest, this little thing was built from late 1975 till 1978. It was available in a metal stage and a more organ like wood housing version. Here you see the wooden version. It is built from chipboard covered by real veneer that looks like cherry wood to me. Only the vertical stripe above the keyboard action is real wood. The bottom plate is identically to the metal housing version. That is why one finds there some clips to attach the note book holder (made of a thick chrome covered thread) of the metal housing version there. The front and the housing left and right the keyboard are made of metal.

So what does this little thing do?
Well, it is a combination of a full polyphonic section and a monophonic synth section. The poly section features four basic sounds:

• Trombone
• Trumpet
• Piano (great sound, better then all other pre sampling things I hear yet!)
• Viola (missing an ensemble FX so much)

For this section you have the following sliders available:

• Volume
• Brilliance
• Vibrato rate (shared with the mono synth!)

And you have the switches to mute ("Cancel") this section, turn the vibrato on/off and switch on/off the delay FX of the vibrato. That's all for this section.

The monophonic synth features the following main sounds:

• Tuba (32")
• Trombone (16")
• Trumpet (8")
• Baritone Sax (16")
• Alto Sax (8")
• Bass Flute (8")
• Flute (4")
• Piccolo (2")
• Violin (4")

The quality of these sounds appears more "realistic" then the Moog Satellite to me. But still only approxemations of the real things. You can think of these as the octave and waveshape presets of this instrument. The note priority is highest note single trigger.
By switching on (=down) the very left switch tab, the sounds will get a decay and won't sustain enless while holding down a key. It also adds a release about the same lenght as the decay. This sound familiar to a Minimoog user.
The vibrato - sharing the same speed slider as the poly section - features its on on/off switch and delay switch in the left hand section. Again we have a mute switch. And of cause a Volume and Brilliance slider. But what the heck are the very right things on the left hand section doing? Well, first there are two sliders for the envelope. One called Soffiato (italian for "blown") and changes the attack from zero to a max of about 500 msecs. And a Decay slider (guess what it does!). The Portamento slider is the second slider from the right on the left hand section. No need to explane this. And then there is a rotary 4 stop switch and a little slider. These controll the tunning of the mono section relative to the set main tune of the poly section in the back. The slider fine tunes it. And the rotary switch allows to transpose the mono section down by a 3rd, 5th, 6th or zero (no transpose).

But now to the most synth like sounding control. It is hidden under the name "Wha-Wha". actually it does not what you might think if you read its label. It adds a rather well resonating filter to the mono section. Here is it where the fun starts! You get a wha-wha FX if you use the vibrato together with this FX tab switch. But if you use the Decay switch and the Decay slider together with the Soffiato (Attack) slider, you get some very nice filter sweeps. Sounding really like a simple but well done synth. See the link to the sound examples below to get an idea how it sounds like.
The Portamento can be switched on permamently or switched on temporarily by the very huge Portamento tab in the middle below the keyboard action.

On the back of the instrument you find a DIN connector for the included volume pedal (working on both sections all the time). A mono section out. It doubles as poly and mono out if the poly output is not used. because of this individual outs, this Syntorechtra was labled "Stereo Synthorchestra" on the wood just above the left hand metal panel. Wow! In the back you have a little trimmer to tune the master secttion. And the Monotrack trimmer is used to scale the mono section to the keyboard tracking of the poly section. Because of the clock divider technic of the poly section (as used on most organs before they went digital) there is no keyboard scalling problem in this section. But the mono sections apears to have some temperature drift problems. So better switch it on a few minutes before enjoying this thing.

The switch visible at the very right under the keyboard is the mains on/off switch. The switch on the left hand is a modification done by the original owner. It turns off the mono section's foot volume control. 

SERIAL NUMBER : -

VOLTAGE : 220V                                                                     

WEIGHT : - KILO (without packing!)

PAYMENT > must be received within 7 days after ending of this auction or item will be relisted and negative feedback will be posted + bad karma! (communication is the best thing to avoid misunderstandings or problems). I prefer PAYPAL but I also accept international banktransfer, money order, cash, ... . Cheques are welcome too but it takes time to get those cleared!!

SHIPPING > I ship worldwide >contact me for the exact shipping costs< but i love local pick-up ;-) Item will be shipped immediatly after your payment is cleared. I pack very carefully. The fact that this is vintage gear I can not give any guarantee and so it is sold "as-is". Shipping cost, insurance, taxes, ... come on top of the selling price and are to be paid by the buyer. No returns. I asure you that the item is described as best as possible and has no hidden defects or malfunctionings. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU INSURE YOUR PACKAGE!!! I can not held responsible for damage during transport or if the package(-s) got lost. I'm a serious seller and I expect to deal with serious buyers.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I'm always happy to help !!! This item is for sale elsewhere so I reserve myself the right to end this auction earlier. I have lots of other vintage synthesizers, drumcomputers and interesting gadgets for sale.

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Good luck!