EMS Synthi AKS

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via this Reverb listing

"Serial Number 45595.KS has just returned from a full service/overhaul and calibration by our favourite EMS specialist and sounding great.

It's had a full overhaul and been thoroughly tested for reliable operation. A rare chance to buy an excellent fully serviced and functioning example of this iconic synth. See photo of service invoice for more detail on work completed. Comes complete with brand new mains and umbilical cables.

This synth has lived a life - from the outside it appears to be quite scruffy, but open up the Spartanite case and internally it's surprisingly clean. It was originally owned by Hackney Downs School and was security marked to deter light-fingered pupils (why did my school not have a Synthi?).

The face and outer case have the school name engraved/branded: the former to the left of the meter, the latter near the handle. Externally the case is quite rough with marks/scuffs to the black plastic and rust to the chromed catches and handle, but it still has the original name plate and is complete. Internally, aside from the engraving, it's very clean."