ULTRA RARE! VOX JENNINGS UNIVOX 1954 VALVE SYNTH/ORGAN

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"VOX JENNINGS UNIVOX J-7 VALVE SYNTHESIZER, MADE BY THE JENNINGS ORGAN COMPANY IN WORKING CONDITION! BUILT IN 1954! THE FORE RUNNER TO TOM JENNINGS FAMOUS VOX CONTINENTAL AND JAGUAR COMBO ORGAN LINES! BUILT IN KENT ENGLAND, SERIAL NUMBER 669! WOODEN KEYS, (12) ROCKER TAB CONTROLLERS, VOLUME CONTROL, 3 POSITION VIBRATO CONTROLLER, INCLUDING OFF, (3) POSITION OCTAVE TRANSPOSE CONTOLLER, AND, 6 WATT VOX AMPLIFIER! VOLTAGE SWITCH FOR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, WE HAVE ADAPTED TO USA CURRENT WITH 3-PRONG POWER SWITCH. KEYBOARD CAN BE ATTACHED TO UNDERSIDE OF A PIANO OR ORGAN, AND USED AS A MONO SOLO VOICE! OF COURSE, IT IS A VERY RARE, A COLLECTOR'S HISTORIC KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT, IT IS COMPLETE, AND IS IN REALLY GOOD COSMETIC CONDITION CONSIDERING ITS AGE, AND OF COURSE, IT SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!! IT NEEDS TLC, AS IT IS A VINTAGE, TUBE DRIVEN INSTRUMENT. THE TONALITY IS AKIN TO THE HUMAN VOICE, AND IT MADE THE 60'S INSTRUMENTAL GROUP, "THE TORNADOS" VERY FAMOUS INDEED, AS THE SOLO SYNTH INSTRUMENTAL VOICE THAT DROVE THE MONSTER 60'S HIT: "TELSTAR" INTO INTERNATIONAL ORBIT! THE CROCKADILE SKIN TOLEX IS IN GOOD CONDITION, A BIT OF SCUFFING AT SOME CORNERS. BRASS LOCKS AND INTACT HANDLE. VOX HISTORIANS AND COLLECTORS WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FIND. I IMPORTED THIS SPECIMEN FROM ENGLAND MANY YEARS AGO, AND REGRETFULLY MUST SELL IT NOW. THANKS, PAUL"