via this Reverb listing
"This is a unique opportunity to take an extremely rare piece of gear: the Crumar Synthaphone!
I made a DEMO video to show it, check it below. [posted here]
FULLY SERVICED by pro tecnician
Collector’s Item: this is serial N. 20!! (only 100 units were produced)
- with Breath Controller
- original Case
Fully Analog Monophonic Portable Monster, with CEM filters
this info on page 77 of Peter Forrest's trusty 'A-Z of ANALOGUE SYNTHS, PART 1' - Synthaphone: 37-note (F-F) monosynth with breath control. 1982-84. 'The little wind synth with the big sound!’
8 presets: Tuba, Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Sax, Clarinet, Oboe, Flute (the lower-pitched ones definitely have more power, as is common with early preset synths). The Portamento controls are On/Off, Auto (i.e. legato-only or always), Rate. Volume knob, Pitch knob (tunable over about 1.5 octaves!), Touch Sensitivity (for the Touch Vibrato, a fine feature allowing you to rhythmically push down on any key for natural vibrato) and Breath Sensitivity. The last refers to the little breath controller (with small mouthpiece attached to one of two narrow rubber tubes about 18' long) which you can attach to one end of the keyboard."
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