Description
For sale is a serviced, fully functional, great looking and great sounding specimen of the ARP String Ensemble / Eminent Solina.
The ARP String Ensemble was manufactured by the Eminent Organ company in Holland as the Solina String Ensemble, and rebranded for sale in the US by ARP as the ARP String Ensemble SE-IV. This was the quintessential string synthesizer of the 1970’s, appearing on countless albums of all genres from Disco to Progressive Rock. The String Ensemble offers 4 polyphonic preset voices (violin, viola, trumpet, and horn) and 2 monophonic bass voices (cello and contrabass). The String Ensemble offers crescendo and sustain controls, as well as a volume control to mix in the bass voices. The String Ensemble is often copied, but never replicated due to the vintage analog BBD delay chips that give the synth its lush phasing sound. This is the 1st revision of the String Ensemble, without the switch to the right of the 49 key keybed that allows you to disable this modulation.
The synthesizer is fully working and in good physical condition. The key bushings were replaced in November 2023. A previous owner replaced the original particle board side panels with hardwood panels and repainted the front panel and blocks to the left of the right of the keybed, so the original silkscreen for the buttons is no longer present. One side panel has some damage on the bottom rear corner (see photos).
Please see the attached video for a demonstration of this particular keyboard that is for sale:
https://youtu.be/i0UeHssHoIY
Prospective buyers are welcome to come try it out before purchasing. Local pickup is welcome and encouraged. If being shipped, the instrument will be professionally packed by the UPS store and insured for the full purchase price, but this is a vintage electronic item, so all sales will be as-is and final. Shipping is more expensive on this item because it is very heavy and needs to be packed extra well to get to you safely.
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