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"KIMBALL CHALLENGER P5 MONO-SYNTHESIZERMono or polyphonic with rhythm, split keyboard, sound-effects generator, optical-card-programmable.
Serial number: 438003
Auction includes: Kimball Challenger P5 synthesizer, 2 complete sets of optical reader cards, 2 Sight & Sound International instruction manuals, 1 Kimball owners manual, attached power cord, vinyl cover and original stand.
COSMETIC CONDITION:
FLAWS: A few keys in the upper register work intermittently. There is some discoloration from age, but zero damage. The Kimball owners manual has writing in pencil on the cover - but that's it.
POSITIVES: It's clean, its unscratched, all the buttons and lights work, the optical card reader works. The stand is solid, the cover is in good shape. This was a home used keyboard...never left the house.
WORKING CONDITION: Works as described guaranteed.
This has a real mono synthesizer with really cool sounds, as well as the standard organ sounds and drum machine. The card reader thing is really cool and unique..one of the sounds on the cards is a lead mono synth with portamento...sounds rad. The few keys on the high octave work intemittently, I suppose because they did not get played as much..they probably need contact cleaning, but work."
Would be fantastic if those cards could be scanned for others less fortunate to be able too use on other p5's
ReplyDeleteAlso those Manuals are lovely and would be nice digitized as pdf's
One can dream yes? :)