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"giannini GK 6110 keyboard - 80s magazine (Bizz) "
anyone know more about Giannini?
Update via SynBlog in the comments: "Gianinni is an old brazilian manufacturer of musical instruments.
They built guitars , acoustic guitars ( very good ones), amplifiers ( Fender copies) , p.a. equipment , etc.
Their keyboard line was built under license of Siel ( synths) , Crumar ( pianos & strings) and maybe Seiko ( home keyboards)."
and via williampaiva: "I had one of these. By that time I was 11 and used to take Organ lessons. Once I saw my music teacher with a brand new Yamaha PSR-6300 and asked my father for a keyboard like that. And he gave me a Gianinni GK-6110. Even a 11 years old kid would get bored with this Gianinni after a few months. It was built in a cheap plastic, the keys used to get stuck and the pontentiometers were really crappy. After a year of use, the volume potentiometer got worn out, so I had to play at the maximum level. Playing at a loud level used to make the cheap plastic case and the entire body of the instrument shake like an earthquake. The crazy thing came when the BPM potentiometer got worn out too, because playing at loud volume caused subtle tempo changes. The Gianinni GK-6110 had only 12 popular rhythms with automatic chords and basslines (only half were really usable) and when the fill-in button got stuck, the instrument started to generate drum fills randomly."
No idea about Giannini...just like those girls have no idea what tweezers are for. Look at those brows!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of this one.
ReplyDeleteAll I know is I want a Giannini now
ReplyDeleteThe design and the labels at the buttons remind me very much of the Seiko DS202
ReplyDeleteGianinni is an old brazilian manufacturer of musical instruments.
ReplyDeleteThey built guitars , acoustic guitars ( very good ones), amplifiers ( Fender copies) , p.a. equipment , etc.
Their keyboard line was built under license of Siel ( synths) , Crumar ( pianos & strings) and maybe Seiko ( home keyboards).
Does Giannini make piano ties too?
ReplyDeleteIt's vintage and therefore worth loads of cash on eBay. Woot!
ReplyDeleteCasios are much too common now;)
ReplyDeleteLet's do Giannini music
I had one of these. By that time I was 11 and used to take Organ lessons. Once I saw my music teacher with a brand new Yamaha PSR-6300 and asked my father for a keyboard like that. And he gave me a Gianinni GK-6110. Even a 11 years old kid would get bored with this Gianinni after a few months. It was built in a cheap plastic, the keys used to get stuck and the pontentiometers were really crappy. After a year of use, the volume potentiometer got worn out, so I had to play at the maximum level. Playing at a loud level used to make the cheap plastic case and the entire body of the instrument shake like an earthquake. The crazy thing came when the BPM potentiometer got worn out too, because playing at loud volume caused subtle tempo changes. The Gianinni GK-6110 had only 12 popular rhythms with automatic chords and basslines (only half were really usable) and when the fill-in button got stuck, the instrument started to generate drum fills randomly.
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