Farfisa
Combo Compact
Discontinued 1969
- Manuals
- 1
- Keys per manual
- 61
- Key action
- Waterfall
- Drawbars
- Tab switches
—1964
Farfisa Mini Compact
Discontinued 1969Released 1966
The little Compact: four octaves, three voices in three footages and the Multi-Tone Booster, with no reverb and no valves. The knee lever doubles as the volume, so it is quiet until you push it or add the pedal. Later Mini Deluxes turn the bottom octave into a grey-keyed bass section. Philip Glass built his early ensemble sound on one.
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Farfisa
- Status
- Discontinued
- Released
- 1966
Keyboard
- Manuals
- 1
- Keys per manual
- 49
- Key action
- Waterfall
- Keybed
- Four octaves; on the Mini Deluxe the bottom octave has grey naturals and is switchable between bass and treble; unweighted plastic organ keys
Sound
- Drawbars
- Tab switches
- Sound engine
- Germanium-transistor top-octave divider organ
- Organ models
- Voices Dolce, Principale and Strings at 16', 8' and 4', plus Multi-Tone Booster 16', 8', 4'; the Mini Deluxe I has Bass 16', Flute 8', Oboe 8', Strings 8', Flute 4' and Strings 4'
- Polyphony
- Full polyphony
Connections
- Outputs
- Headphones
- Pedal inputs
- Expression
Features
- Features
- Multi-Tone Booster knee lever, Vibrato, Switchable bass octave (Mini Deluxe), Legs stow inside the case (early models)
Size & weight
- Colours
- Beige
Heard on
Artists and records that used it, as Farfisa tells it.
- Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach – Played by Glass and Michael Riesman; Glass still had his original Farfisa in 2018
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Farfisa
Compact Deluxe
Discontinued 1969- Manuals
- 1
- Keys per manual
- 61
- 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