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1982 Vintage 360 SYSTEMS KEYBOARD SYNTHESIZER with MIDI and ANVIL CASE Reduced!!
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Description Brand: 360 Systems Model: 360 Systems Keyboard Type: Synthesizer / Keyboard Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Number of Keys: 49
REDUCED PRICE! I'VE CUT MY SELLING PRICE IN HALF ON THIS!Offering in EXCELLENT CONDITION... but NEEDS REPAIR...an original 360 SYSTEMS KEYBOARD POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER from 1982with owner's manuals and custom Anvil Flight Case.Is in EXCELLENT CONDITION as you can see in the photographs but is GUARANTEED NOT TO WORK as it is in need of new capacitors (which are readily available and cost just pennies a piece). The price for all the replacement capacitors will be well under fifty dollars, The repair costs are in the labor involved as it is a time consuming job to replace all the capacitors. So if you are a tech or handy with a soldering iron this is a phenomenal deal for the right person. It did pass audio the last time I fired it up but sound is intermittent and it kinda has the hiccups for lack of a better word. And there is a sporadic additional low-frequency leakage that sounds somewhat like a heartbeat. I had a tech open this up recently and we found an obviously leaky capacitor and replaced it and although that did seem to somewhat minimize the heartbeat sound, it did not eliminate it or the hiccups. He suggested replacing all the capacitors as they are all over thirty years old and it's time to replace them but he was charging me $75. an hour and predicted five or six hours work, maybe more and I just don't have five hundred bucks to invest in restoring this museum piece right now much as I would like to. There is also a single knob cap missing to one of the sixteen dual-bank rocker switches but the unit is otherwise complete and worked just great the last time I used it on a recording session. That was about ten years ago. It has been carefully stored ever since in its' flight case in a secure smoke-free and pet-free environment. Because of its' age and current state it is being sold "as is".The 360 Systems Keyboard was used in recording studios in Los Angeles and NYC in the mid eighties and can be found on many popular recordings. This unit is outfitted with the following sounds... a Hohner Clavinet, a Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, a Grand Piano, Electric Guitar, Funk Bass, Saxophone and Horns. Each sampled sound is on multiple integrated circuit chips that plug into ziff sockets on the internal PC expansion boards. Most of the individual sounds had to be purchased separately at a cost of between $80. and $1000. each (to cover some of the costs of the actual recording sessions). As a result, for instance, the 16 piece string orchestra chip cost a whopping $860. and thus won't be found on most 360 Keyboards... it was just too darn expensive. The keyboard can be split so you can have two sounds on different keys at the same time, one sound on the left, one sound on the right, with an adjustable threshold. You can also combine two different sounds at the same time on all the keys in unison. And the keyboard is polyphonic of course.
VERY RARE. Less than two hundred 360 Systems Keyboards were produced total between 1982 and 1984. It is known as the world's first synthesizer to feature sampled sounds on IC chips. Its' sounds are comparable to that of a Mellotron, Chamberlin or Orchestron but has higher fidelity and the 360 has more parameters and options. I have owned this synth for over 30 years. I used to have the original receipts but can't find them now. It cost over $6,000. brand new in 1982. That's approximately $3900. for the keyboard, an additional $2000. to modify and add the MIDI option (MIDI was a brand new concept in 1982. MIDI came standard on later models made in 1983-1984.) and an additional $700. for an authentic custom ATA approved Anvil Flight Case. (ATA approved used to mean 3/4 inch thick plywood with laminate.) The anvil case was used several times on an airplane, once to transport this unit to and from my Chicago home and Bob Easton's 360 Systems offices in Tarzana, California for complete testing and a minor repair in the late 1990's. (The case is over thirty years old with the original foam liner. The outside of the case is in fine shape. It is still intact but you will probably want to have the foam replaced with new foam if you intend to use the case regularly. Easy to replace.) BTW, for shipping, this synthesizer in the Anvil case weighs approximately 105 pounds. This puppy is HEAVY. Thus the extra thick 3/4 inch casing. (The case is supposedly forklift-proof. No puncture holes yet!)Also included are two original owner's manuals from 1982 and 1983. The latter manual has additional info for newer MIDI units.Buyer pays $150. for secure shipping in the pictured Anvil Flight Case via UPS Ground (within the continental USA). Shipping elsewhere may be higher. Local pickup is available. I am located approximately forty miles northwest of downtown Chicago.Bid with confidence. I have over 2000 glowing positive feedbacks and over 150 delighted repeat customers over the past seventeen years here on eBay. Thanks for looking!
Description
| Brand: | 360 Systems | Model: | 360 Systems Keyboard |
| Type: | Synthesizer / Keyboard | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Number of Keys: | 49 |
REDUCED PRICE! I'VE CUT MY SELLING PRICE IN HALF ON THIS!Offering in EXCELLENT CONDITION... but NEEDS REPAIR...an original 360 SYSTEMS KEYBOARD POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER from 1982with owner's manuals and custom Anvil Flight Case.Is in EXCELLENT CONDITION as you can see in the photographs but is GUARANTEED NOT TO WORK as it is in need of new capacitors (which are readily available and cost just pennies a piece). The price for all the replacement capacitors will be well under fifty dollars, The repair costs are in the labor involved as it is a time consuming job to replace all the capacitors. So if you are a tech or handy with a soldering iron this is a phenomenal deal for the right person. It did pass audio the last time I fired it up but sound is intermittent and it kinda has the hiccups for lack of a better word. And there is a sporadic additional low-frequency leakage that sounds somewhat like a heartbeat. I had a tech open this up recently and we found an obviously leaky capacitor and replaced it and although that did seem to somewhat minimize the heartbeat sound, it did not eliminate it or the hiccups. He suggested replacing all the capacitors as they are all over thirty years old and it's time to replace them but he was charging me $75. an hour and predicted five or six hours work, maybe more and I just don't have five hundred bucks to invest in restoring this museum piece right now much as I would like to. There is also a single knob cap missing to one of the sixteen dual-bank rocker switches but the unit is otherwise complete and worked just great the last time I used it on a recording session. That was about ten years ago. It has been carefully stored ever since in its' flight case in a secure smoke-free and pet-free environment. Because of its' age and current state it is being sold "as is".The 360 Systems Keyboard was used in recording studios in Los Angeles and NYC in the mid eighties and can be found on many popular recordings. This unit is outfitted with the following sounds... a Hohner Clavinet, a Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, a Grand Piano, Electric Guitar, Funk Bass, Saxophone and Horns. Each sampled sound is on multiple integrated circuit chips that plug into ziff sockets on the internal PC expansion boards. Most of the individual sounds had to be purchased separately at a cost of between $80. and $1000. each (to cover some of the costs of the actual recording sessions). As a result, for instance, the 16 piece string orchestra chip cost a whopping $860. and thus won't be found on most 360 Keyboards... it was just too darn expensive. The keyboard can be split so you can have two sounds on different keys at the same time, one sound on the left, one sound on the right, with an adjustable threshold. You can also combine two different sounds at the same time on all the keys in unison. And the keyboard is polyphonic of course.
VERY RARE. Less than two hundred 360 Systems Keyboards were produced total between 1982 and 1984. It is known as the world's first synthesizer to feature sampled sounds on IC chips. Its' sounds are comparable to that of a Mellotron, Chamberlin or Orchestron but has higher fidelity and the 360 has more parameters and options. I have owned this synth for over 30 years. I used to have the original receipts but can't find them now. It cost over $6,000. brand new in 1982. That's approximately $3900. for the keyboard, an additional $2000. to modify and add the MIDI option (MIDI was a brand new concept in 1982. MIDI came standard on later models made in 1983-1984.) and an additional $700. for an authentic custom ATA approved Anvil Flight Case. (ATA approved used to mean 3/4 inch thick plywood with laminate.) The anvil case was used several times on an airplane, once to transport this unit to and from my Chicago home and Bob Easton's 360 Systems offices in Tarzana, California for complete testing and a minor repair in the late 1990's. (The case is over thirty years old with the original foam liner. The outside of the case is in fine shape. It is still intact but you will probably want to have the foam replaced with new foam if you intend to use the case regularly. Easy to replace.) BTW, for shipping, this synthesizer in the Anvil case weighs approximately 105 pounds. This puppy is HEAVY. Thus the extra thick 3/4 inch casing. (The case is supposedly forklift-proof. No puncture holes yet!)Also included are two original owner's manuals from 1982 and 1983. The latter manual has additional info for newer MIDI units.Buyer pays $150. for secure shipping in the pictured Anvil Flight Case via UPS Ground (within the continental USA). Shipping elsewhere may be higher. Local pickup is available. I am located approximately forty miles northwest of downtown Chicago.Bid with confidence. I have over 2000 glowing positive feedbacks and over 150 delighted repeat customers over the past seventeen years here on eBay. Thanks for looking!
VERY RARE. Less than two hundred 360 Systems Keyboards were produced total between 1982 and 1984. It is known as the world's first synthesizer to feature sampled sounds on IC chips. Its' sounds are comparable to that of a Mellotron, Chamberlin or Orchestron but has higher fidelity and the 360 has more parameters and options. I have owned this synth for over 30 years. I used to have the original receipts but can't find them now. It cost over $6,000. brand new in 1982. That's approximately $3900. for the keyboard, an additional $2000. to modify and add the MIDI option (MIDI was a brand new concept in 1982. MIDI came standard on later models made in 1983-1984.) and an additional $700. for an authentic custom ATA approved Anvil Flight Case. (ATA approved used to mean 3/4 inch thick plywood with laminate.) The anvil case was used several times on an airplane, once to transport this unit to and from my Chicago home and Bob Easton's 360 Systems offices in Tarzana, California for complete testing and a minor repair in the late 1990's. (The case is over thirty years old with the original foam liner. The outside of the case is in fine shape. It is still intact but you will probably want to have the foam replaced with new foam if you intend to use the case regularly. Easy to replace.) BTW, for shipping, this synthesizer in the Anvil case weighs approximately 105 pounds. This puppy is HEAVY. Thus the extra thick 3/4 inch casing. (The case is supposedly forklift-proof. No puncture holes yet!)Also included are two original owner's manuals from 1982 and 1983. The latter manual has additional info for newer MIDI units.Buyer pays $150. for secure shipping in the pictured Anvil Flight Case via UPS Ground (within the continental USA). Shipping elsewhere may be higher. Local pickup is available. I am located approximately forty miles northwest of downtown Chicago.Bid with confidence. I have over 2000 glowing positive feedbacks and over 150 delighted repeat customers over the past seventeen years here on eBay. Thanks for looking!