Farfisa
Combo Compact
Discontinued 1969
- Manuals
- 1
- Keys per manual
- 61
- Key action
- Waterfall
- Drawbars
- Tab switches
—1964
Kate Pierson's organ at the Met's Play It Loud exhibition. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Farfisa Compact Deluxe
Discontinued 1969Released 1966
The Combo Compact with more of everything: a switchable grey second bass octave, percussion, a soft/sharp bass voice, a 2 2/3' tab with its own Brilliant switch and, on the 1968 Deluxe I, brush-cymbal and drum effects. Same Multi-Tone Booster bite and valve reverb, in a textured beige top.
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Farfisa
- Status
- Discontinued
- Released
- 1966
Keyboard
- Manuals
- 1
- Keys per manual
- 61
- Key action
- Waterfall
- Keybed
- Five octaves: reverse-colour bass octave plus a grey-keyed second octave switchable between bass and treble; unweighted plastic organ keys
Sound
- Drawbars
- Tab switches
- Sound engine
- Germanium-transistor top-octave divider organ with valve-driven spring reverb
- Organ models
- Voice tabs: Bass 16', Strings 16', Flute 8', Oboe 8', Trumpet 8', Strings 8', Flute 4', Strings 4', 2 2/3' with Brilliant; Multi-Tone Booster 16', 8', 4', 2 2/3'
- Polyphony
- Full polyphony
Connections
- Pedal inputs
- Expression, Pedalboard
Features
- Features
- Multi-Tone Booster knee lever, Percussion (bass and treble), Spring reverb, Vibrato (slow/fast, light/heavy), Brush cymbal and drum effects (Deluxe I), Soft/sharp bass
Size & weight
- Colours
- Beige
Heard on
Artists and records that used it, as Farfisa tells it.
- Kate Pierson (The B-52's) – Her Combo Compact Deluxe was shown in the Met's 2019 Play It Loud exhibition
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Farfisa
Mini Compact
Discontinued 1969- Manuals
- 1
- Keys per manual
- 49
- Key action
- Waterfall
- Drawbars
- Tab switches
—1966
Farfisa
Compact Duo
Discontinued 1969- Manuals
- 2
- Keys per manual
- 49
- Key action
- Waterfall
- Drawbars
- Tab switches
—1966