PROTOTYPE Roland SH-5 Synthesizer

via this auction

"Here's one for a museum! This is a prototype SH5 made by Roland. The story i got is this was found in a closed music store in the 90's and was sold, i believe being owned by two people since then, one person being a tech, and i am the third. I am a synthesizer manufacturer and have opened this up to verify it is a prototype, also A/B'ing it with a production model know first hand it even sounds different. Here is the good and bad


Bad first: it's missing the cover that holds the power cord in when not in use. Missing the bottom plate that is underneath the key bed, you wont notice it unless you are looking underneath...and the production model I believe is the same so if you find one that is being parted out you could get these two parts. I think two of the latches on the cover are broken. Lastly the separate band pass filter section is whacky, it overloads very easily. I initially was going to fix it but decided to keep it original.

The good: everything (except the separate BPF) works, and you also have the BPF in the "main" filter. All sliders, pots, keys etc work as they should and it sounds amazing!!!!! Unless the new owner sells this you will never see another prototype SH5 again, get it before someone else does!"