MATRIXSYNTH: OPUS Soviet Vintage Analog Synthesizer


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

OPUS Soviet Vintage Analog Synthesizer

via this auction
"'Opus' (Riga musical instruments factory)

This keyboard polyphonic EMI can be used for playing compositions of different genres. Keyboard includes 60 keys and the sounding range is 5 octaves.

There is a possibility to change 2 lower octaves to play a composition by separate timbre with extending sounding on 1 octave down & it's also possible to transpose the whole pitch a fifth down.

The instrument consists of 4 sections: piano, that synthesizes piano's soundings of 3 timbres, string organ, that plays organ's sounding with soft attack and with the possibility to control release, with the pereodically repeated beat-fading sounds. There is a bass section, that is controlled by 2 lower octaves, that contain three 8' and two 16' registers. It plays sounding of the bass drum.

Instrument is rather heavy approx. 35 kg (all the case around it is made of wood) Only few companies offer posting services for such a heavy items. Shipping rate via DHL varies and depends from zone. For example shipping to 2nd zone (Finland, Poland) would be 140 USD, to 3rd-5th zones (all other European) approx. 180 USD."

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