[vcf-midatlantic] Need an Ensonic Music Keyboard for the museum

[Ethan O'Toole]

Doh! I had an Ensoniq Mirage keyboard @ VCF East in the consignment. Ended 
up selling it there and it was a total PITA shipping it to the buyer. 
Would rather have donated it than deal with the effort and cost it was to 
ship it.

Currently have an Ensoniq ASR-10 in the queue to restore but that isn't 
ideal for your application.

Since I post "wanted broken synths" type posts on Craigslist and get 
leads sometimes, I will keep VCF in mind should another one come along. 
One thing that is odd, like 70% so far has been Ensoniq hardware.

The Mirage is fairly common and still pretty cheap, it is a "gritty" 
sampler. It doesn't really do the general midi patch layout though, maybe 
something made by Ensoniq that does general midi would be better for 
demonstrations.

The Roland MT-32 tone module gets the game geeks all excited. I recommend 
one of those in addition to something from Ensoniq.

 			- Ethan


> Starting a quest for an Ensonic keyboard with MIDI for
> use in with our Atari STe music computer
> in the museum. Something with the 5503 oscillator chip
> or otherwise containing silicon from Ensonic Semiconductor Group.
> http://archive.6502.org/datasheets/ensoniq_5503_digital_oscillator_chip.pdf 
>
> Specifically want Ensonic for the local connection
> to Malvern, PA.
>
> Please contact me off list for any available item
> to work out an arrangement.
>
> Thanks very very much.
>
> DC
>
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