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Built for portability and featuring a vintage transistor based circuit architecture, this combo organ has portability and great tone! We especially love the original leg mounting and leg storage system found under the case. The instrument packs up neatly into one case for secure transport and compact storage if you need to make space for other gear in your studio.
Features of the Melo-Sonic 350 combo organ:
original black tolex cleaned and in great shape
includes original chrome legs have a slight vintage patina, but look great
all knobs present
49 keys
vibrato and bass boost controls
onboard drum machine
Designed in the late 1960s, the Melo-sonic was intended to be very lightweight, and it has a relatively simple circuit for a combo organ. We consider this a big advantage, because not only does it give the Melo-sonic a unique sound of its own, it is a highly serviceable keyboard that is capable of being repaired again and again with components that are readily obtainable today. For this reason, the Melo-sonic can easily last another 50 years!
Unique from other divide-down organs, the Melo-sonic has one oscillator for each 3 adjacent notes in the treble section. One note in each oscillator can be played at one time. If two keys in the same oscillator are pressed, the highest note will play. This setup preserves the polyphony of most of the keyboard, while the player can use the cut-off of certain adjacent notes to interesting effect. The bass section uses one oscillator, so it is monophonic. The bass notes have an independent volume control from the treble, and a very nice clean bass tone.
These Melo-sonics will be freshly tuned and re-capped for you, and the contacts will be cleaned. Worn-out passive components, such as intonation resistors which have drifted in value over the past several decades, have also been replaced. Please allow up to 7 business days for us to complete tuning. Expedited service may be available on request.
The photos in this listing show two Melo-Sonic organs, because we did have two, but one has sold! The one left is in great condition and has been serviced, but has one or two small scratches to the tolex. Otherwise it looks wonderful, and plays great!
