The Best String Synthesizer You Never Heard Of: Milton Gemichord 961

video upload by HAINBACH

"The Milton Gemichord 961 has kept me spellbound ever since I first played it at Museo Del Synth Marchigiano in 2021. It's a string/piano/brass/bass synth like many Italian keyboards of the time. But it sounds elegant and dramatic, also thanks to its "liturgic" section. It is utter unobtanium, with only three known to still exist. In this video, I want to see if its spell over me was induced more by its newness back then, or if its actually the paradise lost I remember it as.
Check out the sampled instrument and music here:
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Additional Milton Gemichord 961 posts with demos

Italian Vintage Synth - Analog Strings

Published on Jan 19, 2018 Riccardo Pietroni

This is the first post to feature the CRB Voco Strings, Uranus 2 below, and the Milton Gemichord 961

"Five Italian Vintage Synth Strings recorded live with Flat Eq, reverberation and very little Phaser.

Crb Voco Strings
Logan Piano Strings Sintesizer
Milton Gemichord 961
Welson Symphony Stereo
Farfisa Polychrome"

Italian Vintage Synth Crb Uranus 2

Published on May 11, 2018 Riccardo Pietroni

"A test of the polyphonic synth Crb Uranus 2 after the long restoration carried out by Marco Molendi."

The Forgotten Synthesizers Of Marche Region

video upload by HAINBACH

Update: you can find additional posts featuring The Museo Del Synth Marchigiano here.

"The Marche Region in Italy was home to a thriving industry of music instrument production from the 1950s to the mid-90s. Tens of thousands of people made organs, accordions and small runs of synthesizers that were like nothing else in the world. Much production closed in the 90s, leaving only a few companies around, and many people lost their jobs. The history of Marche synths was not talked about, too bitter were the memories. The Museo Del Synth Marchigiano aims to change that - a motley crew of synth lovers work together to get the story about this special time in music instrument history out.

I was invited to play a show at Acusmatic Festival in Ancona and visit the collection before. I was overwhelmed by the amazing sounds these machines made, so I captured them on tape and for use in my performance. I also just had to film every synth I could get my hand for you to enjoy. You will find instruments by Siel, Elka, Elgan, Farfisa, Crumar, CRB and more here.

https://www.museodelsynth.org"

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Italian Vintage Synth Milton Gemichord 961

Published on Feb 19, 2019 Riccardo Pietroni

"Some sounds from this ultrarare italian strings, brass and piano synthesizer."

Follow-up to this post.