HOHNER STRING PERFORMERANALOG SYNTH 70'S POLYPHONIC CLEAN SERVICED

Description: Here we have a very nice 1970's Hohner String Performer keyboard. I remember when these came on the market back then but we seldom ever see them anymore. This unit for it's age is in fairly good cosmetic condition with only a few small nicks in the tolex. The lid that closes and covers the keys has been coved with a black gloss tape. Not sure what it's like underneath and the lid closes tightly.My amp-effect pedal-keyboard technician of 38 years who has been repairing-restoring- and collecting all the synths and keyboards like this one, totally went through the unit and gave it a good cleaning and a good bill of health, with every thing working and sounding great as it should.Unit comes with a new 18V power adapter not pictured.____________________________________________________________________________________________________HOHNER:String Performer Analog String SynthesizerFinishBlackCategoriesAnalog SynthsKeyboard SynthsYear 1970sMade In GermanyNumber of Keys 61 KeysKeyboard Action Synth ActionAnalogKeys Full SizePolyphony 62 VoicesNOTES from a technician:The Hohner String Performer was one of the very last efforts to release a string synth, in the early 80s. This was the only one genuinely manufactured by Hohner. The early ones like the String Melody, String Vox or String Orchestra were Italian ones. The Performer features 3 strings presets, 1 piano, 1 harpsichord, 1 bass (only on the left part of the keyboard) and a monophonic 'solo' section on the right part of the keyboard only. Just like other 'orchestral' synths like the Crumar Orchestrator/Multiman or the Elka Rhapsody 610 you have individual volume faders for each sound on each side as well as a mute switch per section. The 'bass' preset overides everything on the left part of the keyboard when selected. Overall this is one of the most refined string sounds you can get, very polished, maybe too polished for some. I like it a lot, I find it very cinematographic. The solo section is not very interesting in its own but when layered with the strings it adds a very nice lead touch. The instrument features 3x seperate outputs in top of the general output, and jack input for piano/harpsichord sustain pedal and a volume pedal.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Keyboard weighs 45 lbs.Shipping weight is 50 lbs.Shipping box is 56x18x10"Will be double boxed with lots of bubble wrap for a safe trip.Check out our Reverb Shop for tons of vintage gear and parts at:https://reverb.com/shop/gordys-musicForeign Buyers: We have been shipping Worldwide for over 38 years now!IN BUSINESS for 38 YEARS!! 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE! Brick and mortar to the end! Michigan Guitar Show Promoter since 1989'Visit out website to see the long list of celebrity musicians and groups we have serviced over the past 40 years.Gordy's Music has become a Detroit institution! Our shop was used as a filming location for the recent "Miracle in Motor City" Christmas movie on Lifetime (featuring Smoky Robinson). We've supplied gear for movies including "Bill & Ted Face The Music" with Keanu Reeves. We've got decades of celebrity customers, including recent visits from Beck, Eric Johnson, and we just sold Billy Joel's bassist an SG he is in love with. Just last month 2-9-2024, Andre 3000 and his group stopped in to browse as they were playing Masonic Temple that night and right after that 2-12-2024 we sold an old oil can Morley Wah Vibrato pedal to Credence Clearwater Revival's thee John Fogerty!We are having and have had a lot of fun here at Gordy's Music! I was just remembering about 35 years ago a tour bus pulled up to our little shop, and who rolls right in and hangs out for an hour? Lenny Kravitz and his entire group, right about the same time I was selling guitars and chauffeuring around Dee Dee Ramone, who had an apartment a block down from my house

Price: 950 USD

Location: Ferndale, Michigan

End Time: 2024-12-11T18:19:49.000Z

Shipping Cost: 130 USD