Dug some keyboards out today.

HarrySeven

Pulled a few things out from the pile this morning...

https://i.imgur.com/NYgKjNm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/aEQSzYz.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/gzpM9ZG.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ZxIRwGB.jpg

I’d forgotten I had more than one of these:

https://i.imgur.com/ZgTyotX.jpg

Can’t get to my Hammond and Leslie at the moment, though. I’m pretty sure there are quite a few more - Roland SH-1000, Korg Micro-Preset, various String synths, etc. There’s a Juno-D and an SH-201 too. Oh, and a huge Elka X-705.

Kittyfrisk

Why have I now got this image in mind ?


https://tenor.com/view/organ-organist-naked-terry-jones-gif-12605974

susbemol

Mr @HarrySeven, you have some incredibly cool stuff. 

Roland

Lifting all this stuff beats going to a gym

hollywoodrox

Those Juno’s 

vasselmeyer

Roland said:

Lifting all this stuff beats going to a gym

I once depped for a band where the keyboard player used a Hammond B-3. I carelessly said I'd arrive early to give them a hand with loading in.

NEVER AGAIN...that organ had it's own gravity, it was so heavy.

I got my cash and left ASAP once the gig ended. There was no way I was helping with that thing again. Judge me all you like, but if you'd been in the same situation, you'd have done the same.

Grangousier

I had to google the Philicorda - it was developed by Tom Dissevelt and Dick Raaijmakers (a.k.a. Kid Baltan), who were making tape-based electro pop in the late 50s under the name Electrosoniks (their Electronic Music EP was my introduction to that sort of thing - like the Dr Who theme, but earlier and groovier -  as it was hanging around the house when I was very small). Anyway, I'm impressed. What does it sound like?

Bridgehouse

Aren’t those Juno G’s a bit modern for you Harry?

EricTheWeary

As long as they don’t sound like Jan Hammer…  

vasselmeyer said:
Roland said: Lifting all this stuff beats going to a gym
I once depped for a band where the keyboard player used a Hammond B-3. I carelessly said I'd arrive early to give them a hand with loading in.
NEVER AGAIN...that organ had it's own gravity, it was so heavy.
I got my cash and left ASAP once the gig ended. There was no way I was helping with that thing again. Judge me all you like, but if you'd been in the same situation, you'd have done the same.
In the early days of The Selecter the keyboard player had a Hammond and none of them had a car that could take it. So they could only use it for gigs that it could be wheeled to from his house; some photos somewhere of the band pushing the Hammond through the streets of Coventry. 

HarrySeven

Bridgehouse said:

Aren’t those Juno G’s a bit modern for you Harry?

Yes, but I’m bearing it bravely! 

HarrySeven

Currently fannying around with this beast:

https://i.imgur.com/AqLQAkU.jpg

HarrySeven

Grangousier said:

I had to google the Philicorda - it was developed by Tom Dissevelt and Dick Raaijmakers (a.k.a. Kid Baltan), who were making tape-based electro pop in the late 50s under the name Electrosoniks (their Electronic Music EP was my introduction to that sort of thing - like the Dr Who theme, but earlier and groovier -  as it was hanging around the house when I was very small). Anyway, I'm impressed. What does it sound like?

Like the future in 1964. 

Bridgehouse

HarrySeven said:

Bridgehouse said:

Aren’t those Juno G’s a bit modern for you Harry?

Yes, but I’m bearing it bravely! 

They are pretty good, and they do a good impression of some of the vintage junos 

Stratavarious

vasselmeyer said:

Roland said:

Lifting all this stuff beats going to a gym

I once depped for a band where the keyboard player used a Hammond B-3. I carelessly said I'd arrive early to give them a hand with loading in.

NEVER AGAIN...that organ had it's own gravity, it was so heavy.

I got my cash and left ASAP once the gig ended. There was no way I was helping with that thing again. Judge me all you like, but if you'd been in the same situation, you'd have done the same.

I had a Yamaha CS80 for a while. 

Def. a 4 person lift!  Neutron Star weight.

Basher

Stratavarious said:

I had a Yamaha CS80 for a while. 

Def. a 4 person lift!  Neutron Star weight.

A CS-80 - bloody hell!

I'm guessing that you're either Vangelis or Eddie Jobson as I think they were the only people in the world that could afford one (and the crew to lift it).

Still, if you pay as much as a medium-sized house for a synth, it makes sense that it should at least weigh as much as one. Sort of.

It must have been quite interesting to own one of the holy grail synths.

octatonic

That Juno 6 is worth a fortune now.
I had one mid 90's and sold it for about £300 when I relocated to the UK.

HarrySeven

Basher said:

Stratavarious said:

I had a Yamaha CS80 for a while. 

Def. a 4 person lift!  Neutron Star weight.

A CS-80 - bloody hell!

...

Still, if you pay as much as a medium-sized house for a synth

...

It must have been quite interesting to own one of the holy grail synths.

There was a time when you couldn’t give ‘em away, same as Mellotrons, Jupiter 8’s, blahblahblah. 

Basher

HarrySeven said:

Basher said:

Stratavarious said:

I had a Yamaha CS80 for a while. 

Def. a 4 person lift!  Neutron Star weight.

A CS-80 - bloody hell!

...

Still, if you pay as much as a medium-sized house for a synth

...

It must have been quite interesting to own one of the holy grail synths.

There was a time when you couldn’t give ‘em away, same as Mellotrons, Jupiter 8’s, blahblahblah. 

I know. Once the DX7 came out you could pick up most of Tangerine Dream's live modular setup for less than a pound, and still have change for a bag of chips.

I always wanted a Jupiter 8 but never quite had the cash, even in the post-FM world of cheezy electric piano and flutey leads. Came this close (holds thumb and index finger almost together) to buying a used Jupiter 6 but bought some stupid guitar instead. Ah well, you live and learn. (Or don't learn, in my case.)

Funkfingers

HarrySeven said:

Bridgehouse said:

Aren’t those Juno G’s a bit modern for you Harry?

Yes but I’m bearing it bravely! 

Does the screen on that one work properly?

HarrySeven

Funkfingers said:

HarrySeven said:

Bridgehouse said:

Aren’t those Juno G’s a bit modern for you Harry?

Yes but I’m bearing it bravely! 

Does the screen on that one work properly?

No.

Stratavarious

Basher said:

Stratavarious said:

I had a Yamaha CS80 for a while. 

Def. a 4 person lift!  Neutron Star weight.

A CS-80 - bloody hell!

I'm guessing that you're either Vangelis or Eddie Jobson as I think they were the only people in the world that could afford one (and the crew to lift it).

Still, if you pay as much as a medium-sized house for a synth, it makes sense that it should at least weigh as much as one. Sort of.

It must have been quite interesting to own one of the holy grail synths.

I got it in the mid 80’s when everyone on the pro circuit went digital and the Junos, Jupiters, DXs and their ilk did similar things but lighter and cheaper.   I was actually more fascinated by the potential of my Yamaha CX5 computer/synth/sequencer at the time to synch stuff with midi.  A Fairlight experience on the cheap!

The CS80 portamento strip was the really cool, genius feature but the main issue with it was the tuning was always drifting as it warmed up.   It was just redundant old tech at the time.  The holy grail stuff is just a modern creation. I think people imagine it as mega rich and warm.. but i found it quite thin and buzzy and the ring modulator was OTT. Needed external fx to get the full Vangelis thing going but the classic Blade Runner tones were all there, esp through an early Alesis digital reverb.

The weight, tuning issues and size made it impracticable for live use and it took up too much studio space. I gave it back.  Would buy a camper van today with it.

I do wonder what it would be like to rediscover it again now.  the Reface CS and modern equivalents do attract but then a Korg Prologue just sounds so much better.