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"There doesn't seem to be much information about Godwin keyboards available online, except that they're good, and they're not very common. Here are a couple of the mentions I've found on the String Concert series:
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Logans and other string machines that use this system (such as the Hohner String Performer and the Godwin String Concert) are, in my opinion, vastly superior to more famous paraphonic designs such as the Solina, the Rolands, and the Omnis."
Sound on Sound
"A very beautiful and appealing early string synthesiser, warm, sweet and dirty. The chorus and tremolo swirl and make every sound beautifully analogue. Beats the Solina and that says something."
Sonicstate
A Godwin 249 String Concert recently sold on Ebay for £530 (see past listings for Godwin Synth.) This is its big brother, the Godwin 849 String Concert (Symphony). But unfortunately, it's not working. The string sounds are all so quiet as to be practically inaudible, though if you turn the volume on the amplifier fully up you can hear that the controls and sliders do have an effect. The volume slider doesn't do anything though. In the past I seem to remember wiring up an amp to some part of the circuit-board and getting full volume, and concluding that some component might have gone in one of the effects sections, but I don't really know anything about electronics or vintage keyboards.
There's also a brass section which currently doesn't seem to be working at all, though it has worked intermittently in the past, churning out the odd punchy analogue brass sounds.
One of the selection buttons is broken, and I've dismantled another to see how it worked, but that shouldn't be too hard to put back. All the other keys and buttons seem to work, insofar as they light up, make faint noises, etc. Cosmetically, it's not too bad really, with no broken notes, and the sheet-holder still tucked into a clip inside the case. (These things come built in to the bottom of the carrying case. They're fairly chunky and heavy, and look quite cool in a retro way.)
Controls are: String Volume, Brass volume, Cello, Viola, Violin, Organ, Brass 1/2/3/4/Wah/Woh, Cello level, Violin level, Viola level, Bass, Treble, Chorus, Tremolo, Envelope Attack/Sustain/Volume, Vibrato Depth/Speed/Delay, buttons for Classic/Concert/Brass/Vibrato/PolyTrig/Octave, Expression pedal input, High/Low output.
The internal circuit boards are all present and it hasn't been raided for spares. In the right hands, this could be restored into a collector's item. But since it's not presently working, it's £15 with no guarantees and no reserve."
via Rob.
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the vid does features a very rare bbc portable tone source pts-13. the guy i bought it from claimed that it was saved from being scrapped by someone from the radiophonics workshop, where it was used for years. i have no way of verifying this and have always suspected it to be pure provenance hype to encourage me to buy it.
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