DaveMcM Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 While looking for something else, I came across the following website. Some very interesting instruments. https://120years.net/tag/vacuum-tube/ Quote Wm. David McMahan I Play, Therefore I Am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I've lusted after a Novachord since the first time I found out about them. 1 Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUSSIEKEYS Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Thanks for that . Big read I still own one of the ones pictured on there. I think page 4 or 5 Its a Univox All original and complete including the often missing knee bar. nice cosmetic condition for age but not working correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I wanted a Novachord, too. Googled to see if there were any for sale...only to find that one had been sold, cheap(ish), right here in my home town, like, a year prior to my search and I had missed it, simply because I didn't know it existed. Boy, was I pissed. Grey Quote I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill bosco Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 just watched a 30 minute Sweetwater demo of one on youtube ( where else ) . i've been aware of this instrument for years but never heard one . an analog masterpeice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamanzarek Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 About 15 years ago you could still occasionally find a Novachord on eBay for as little as $400. I found out several years ago that the movie theater I went to as a kid in Oregon had a Novachord. Somebody bought it and probably has restored it by now. One of my favorite TV shows in the 60s The Outer Limits used a Novachord for the soundtrack and theme music. Quote Gibson G101, Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, Vox Continental, RMI Electra-Piano and Harpsichord 300A, Hammond M102A, Hohner Combo Pianet, OB8, Matrix 12, Jupiter 6, Prophet 5 rev. 2, Pro-One, CS70M, CP35, PX-5S, WK-3800, Stage 3 Compact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Novachord! Have you seen the inside of one? It makes the CS-80 look downright friendly. Its steampunk embodied. Now, it comes on a 2 x 8 inch chip in many synths. Its a beautiful instrument, but I suspect it caused a few aneurysms in repair people. Its a blessedly unique mental illness to be a B-3, CS-80 or Novachord tech. You have little time left for anything else! Sonicouture offers one in software, which is the best place for such a behemoth. I can only imagine the alternating joy and horror of its players in its heyday. Quote "Well, the 60s were fun, but now I'm payin' for it." ~ Stan Lee, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrythek Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 That site was research gold for me when I wrote a 2-part history of synthesizers for Yamaha’s blog site earlier this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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