Optigan Organ Matell with original bench records and cleaner - $635 - (Cedar Knolls, NJ)

Optigan Organ by Matell with original bench records and cleanerthe unit works, although the buttons on left do not all work, they need contact cleaning,this unit has not been played for almost 10 years, when I purchased the unit it came from a climate controlled rec room, and has sat in my climate controlled rec room, when I originally purchased 10 years ago all keys worked, but due to sitting contacts circled need cleaningbench has some minor wear (cat), records in nice shape as pictured, All sold as is Pickup Only from NJ. zip code 07927, close to NYC (near Morristown NJ.) many notable musicians have used the Optigan or, more likely, samples of the instrument if the recordings are made after the year 2000. Among them: Trace, Steve Hackett, Third Eye Blind, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Jon Brion, Blur, Marco Benevento, Fiona Apple, Crash Test Dummies, Kraftwerk(Orchestron), Coil, Money Mark, Ani DiFranco, Michael Penn, Steve Fisk, Tom Waits, Nan Vernon, Hala Strana, TISM, The Real Tuesday Weld, and Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo—who mixed in parts of the "Banjo Sing-Along" disc on a later remix of Devo's 1981 single, "Beautiful World".Another early recording that used the Optigan was an album by European dance music pioneer Alan Steward. On his 1976s live album release Just Listen, Alan made extensive use of the Optigan. Six out of the nine tracks on the album including the title track "Just Listen" feature the Optigan. Alan also made extensive use of the "breakbeats" and the samples of the Hammond B3 organ that were part of the backing tracks found on many of the soul and R&B oriented Optigan discs. The European distributor of the Optigan used Alan Steward's album for promotion and in-store demos.Steve Hackett has also made frequent use of the Optigan. Hackett's 1980 album, Defector, features an unusual number called "Sentimental Institution", recorded with a solo Optigan spinning the "Big Band Beat" disc behind singer Peter Hicks' vocals. Hackett made use of all fi…

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