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In the Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin. Photo: Museumsinsulaner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Farfisa

Farfisa VIP 345

DiscontinuedReleased 1972

The single-manual VIP to have: flute drawbars in six footages plus a mixture, four-footage percussion with repeat, piano and harpsichord voices, a 20-note bass section with bass chords, and Syntheslalom, which starts every note flat and glides it up to pitch. Nothing else sounds quite like it.

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Farfisa
Status
Discontinued
Released
1972

Keyboard

Manuals
1
Keys per manual
61
Key action
Waterfall
Keybed
61 keys; the first 20 notes 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). Flutes 16', 8', 5 1/3', 4', 2 2/3', 2' and a 4'-2 2/3'-2' mixture; percussion 8', 5 1/3', 2 2/3', 2' with single/multiple trigger, decay and repeat; Piano and Harpsichord; bass, string bass and bass chords
Polyphony
Full polyphony

Connections

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

Features

Features
Syntheslalom automatic pitch glide, Repeat percussion, Bass chords and keyboard split, Section volume mixer, Vibrato

Size & weight

Colours
Black, Silver

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