via Yves of yusynth"The "Musee de la musique" in Paris has reopened yesterday after a long closure and among the good surprises is that the section "Musique du XX siecle," which did disappear from permanent display some ten years ago, has now been reintroduced.
Therefore for those coming to Paris, they can now admire some beautiful pieces of synthesizers (Ondes martenot, Moog modular, EMU modular, Eric Siday's Moog drum modular, Frank Zappa 's E-Mu modular, and many other rare pieces such as prototypes from... this link (it is in French, unfortunately I couldn't find the same in the english version of the site) and click on the following sentence (highlighted in orange); "Voir le diaporama des nouveaux espaces du Musée de la musique" There it will play a short diaporama and the fun really starts at image 10!Thanks to jbfairloght for pointing this to me...
Cheers
Yves yusynth"
Update via micke in the comments: "The big E-mu modular seen on the right is most likely Frank Zappa's old one. He never used an ARP 2500 afaik.
The boxy thing sitting beside the VCS-3 looks like it could be a Synket. It sure would be great to see some high-res photos of that rarity."
Having a museum to LOOK at synths is like having a museum to smell paintings.
ReplyDeleteThe big E-mu modular seen on the right is most likely Frank Zappa's old one. He never used an ARP 2500 afaik.
ReplyDeleteThe boxy thing sitting beside the VCS-3 looks like it could be a Synket. It sure would be great to see some high-res photos of that rarity.
It is a Synket - you can see the triple keyboard at the bottom of the panel frame. I've actually seen one in the flesh, but sadly didn't have a chance to play it. They're incredibly rare.
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