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Farfisa

Farfisa VIP 233

DiscontinuedReleased 1970

The first of the drawbar VIPs and the only one with clarinet voices: two 49-note manuals in brushed aluminium, flutes, clarinets and percussion at four footages on top, a thin two-voice lower manual with a 17-note bass section, and the Slalom pitch-bend pedal.

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Farfisa
Status
Discontinued
Released
1970

Keyboard

Manuals
2
Keys per manual
49
Key action
Waterfall
Keybed
Two 49-note manuals; the lower manual's first 17 keys form the manual bass section; unweighted organ keys

Sound

Drawbars
Physical
Sound engine
Transistor top-octave divider organ
Organ models
Drawbar-style sliders (five-position switches rather than continuous controls). Upper: Flutes, Clarinets and Percussion at 16', 8', 5 1/3', 4'; lower: Flute 8', Clarinet 8'; bass: Bass, Bass Strings, attack, sharp/soft
Polyphony
Full polyphony

Connections

Pedal inputs
Expression, Slalom (pitch-bend) pedal, Pedalboard

Features

Features
Slalom pitch-bend pedal, 17-note manual bass, Percussion, Vibrato, Section volume sliders, Brushed-aluminium styling

Size & weight

Colours
Silver

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