via this Reverb listing
Video in the listing previous posted here back in 2005.
"This is a rare chance to get hold of a very special keyboard from the legendary Kurzweil factory. Or more correct, from the Kurzweil R&D office in Boston, as this keyboard never reached the productionline in Korea. It is one of 6, thats it!
There is plenty of info on this unit on the internet, and if you go to youtube and look up the musicfair in Frankfurt 2004: you will see, and hear the actual keyboard…"
$8000 and they published the listing with upside-down poor quality photos.
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when you zoom in on the controls, this is far more detailed analog synthesis than one would get from an Access Virus or a Nord Lead or a Novation Supernova. Coupled with Kurzweil's effects, this would have been a monster synth. I'm not sure what kind of market there is for this kind of synthesizer anymore, but if you compare the tactile controls here to the sparse K2700 layout, I think the only changes I'd want for a modern version of the VA-1 is a) larger screen b) ribbon controller. It's beautiful and I'd buy it if it was half the price.