SUZUKI WARAKU III Super JAPANESE KOTO SYNTH SN 02000449

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"WARAKU III is extremely rare and one of the most strange japanese electronic musical instruments
it was originally made for playing japanese traditional music and made by SUZUKI(home of omnichord,NOBARA,tronichord..)
but this is one of most strange & bizarre instrument SUZUKI ever made...

WARAKU III was last and top of the line product of WARAKU family and already discontinued products
and this one is very cool silver edition.

WARAKU III was very expensive and made very limited quantities those days
it was made for the very small circle of the people who seriously studying japanese traditional music
and never sold at ordinary musical instruments market
so i'ts very hard to find even in Japan these days
this is your first and last chance to get this bizarre exotic gem!

first of all it's very beautiful designed, built in cool futuristic silver plastic case in taisho koto shape
with strange shape 37 key keyboard with 5 string bridge and 4 assignable drum pads
it has 30 sounds(15 japanese traditional instruments like koto,shamisen,shakuhachi and 15 western instruments like piano,violin etc...)
and in percussion mode you can play many exotic percussions by keyboard or assignable drum pad
there are pitch bend lever and vibrate/sustain switch,OUTPUT JACK,HEADPHONE OUT,PEDAL INPUT and MIDI INPUT
so you can play WARAKU III from external MIDI controller (in this case you can select from 64 sounds)
size is approx W72cm D22cm H9cm

you can play WARAKU III by keyboards or 5 string bridge (basically only use 4th string to play) and 4 assignable drum pads

this unique 5 string bridge can play by usual guitar pick
basically only use 4th string to play
hold one key of the keyboards and play 4th string by pick like guitar
5 string bridge is simulate japanese traditional instruments like taisho koto etc..
string is touch sensible with velocity and totally electronic device,
it's not just simply electrical amplified like usual electric guitar, complete electronic.
WARAKU III has MIDI OUT so you can play another MIDI synth by this unique 5 string bridge

4 drum pad is also touch sensitive and can easily playing by your fingers
assign drum sounds to pad is very easy,just hold one key and hit the one pad in percussion mode
drum sounds consists of many exotic japanese traditional percussions
of course in drum mode you can play all of them on keyboard

WARAKU III's sounds are very hi quality,exotic and strange!,very unique original sounds
and playing by 5 string bridge with pick is very unique and funny experience"