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"This is a clean, but non-working Synclavier system from around 1983 being sold "AS IS" A band used this on a recording in a studio some time around 1993, and after they were done, traded it to the studio to pay off the session costs. It stayed in the studio and was used once more that year, before being stored. It was powered up successfully around 1997, but not knowing how it operates, we were not able to get any sound out of it.
However, neither the person nor I had experience with Synclaviers, so it could have been something very simple. We really have no idea what it would take to get it working again.
There are 4 FM cards, providing 8 FM voices.
As you can see, everything is in good cosmetic shape, and we have dozens of floppies and I believe almost all the manuals. A metal 19" rack comes with it (shown in photos).
The equipment is in the New York Metropolitan area, 20 miles West of NYC in New Jersey. Pick up, or buyer makes all arrangements for shipping. Original boxes are NOT available."
"This is a clean, but non-working Synclavier system from around 1983 being sold "AS IS" A band used this on a recording in a studio some time around 1993, and after they were done, traded it to the studio to pay off the session costs. It stayed in the studio and was used once more that year, before being stored. It was powered up successfully around 1997, but not knowing how it operates, we were not able to get any sound out of it. 
"It’s been serviced recently, has a new battery and it working great! It’s a rare piece from 1983 and stacks up well against the more well known Juno -60 and Korg polysix. It’s in good cosmetic condition except for a few dings on the side panels (as shown in the photos). It uses DCOs (1 per voice) with traditional analog VCF (filter) and VCA envelope generators. It features 8-voice polyphony, a 4-voice mode using 2 DCO per voice, and a monophonic unison lead mode (8 stacked oscillators!!)."
