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by peahix
02Dec
New Optigan / Orchestron Disc Player New Optigan / Orchestron Discs Orchestron Panoptigon Shoptigan
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Panoptigon plays SILENT NIGHT

https://youtu.be/WFcdZHvVDYY SILENT NIGHT recorded on Quilter Labs’ PANOPTIGON, featuring the new Panoptigon format disc GRAND PIANO (available soon!) as well as the Optigan format DARKSOPHONE and Orc

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by peahix
30Oct
Archives Classic Old School Orchestron Retro Vintage
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1976 Letter from Ralf Hütter (Kraftwerk) to Vako Orchestron

After David Van Koevering passed away, our good friend Brian Kehew had an opportunity to rescue a large amount of ephemera from the Vako archives, which included a fair amount of paperwork related to

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by webmaster
28May
New Optigan / Orchestron Disc Player New Optigan / Orchestron Discs Orchestron Panoptigon Shoptigan
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Optigan / Orchestron Disc Back-Catalog Now Available!

In advance of the official launch of the Panoptigon hardware, Quilter Labs has opened their new disc webstore. Optigan.com will also be offering the same titles soon at our newly revamped website, but

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by webmaster
19Jan
New Optigan / Orchestron Disc Player New Optigan / Orchestron Discs Orchestron Panoptigon
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PANOPTIGON – Available Soon! Showing Production Units at NAMM

Happy 2019, Optigoners! We’re happy to announce that the PANOPTIGON – the new Optigan/Orchestron disc-playing hardware developed by our associate Robert Becker & his company Quilter Labs – will fi

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by webmaster
14Dec
Orchestron Sightings
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Orchestron Prototype #1 For Sale

We have no connection to this sale, but it’s a unique item so it’s worthy of a mention here. Apparently this is David VanKoevering’s first prototype Orchestron. The earliest Orchestrons were basically

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by webmaster
08Jul
New Optigan / Orchestron Discs Orchestron
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Reed & Caroline’s New Album HELLO SCIENCE feat. Custom Orchestron Disc

Recently we collaborated on a custom Orchestron disc for the synth pop duo Reed & Caroline. They sent over some of Caroline’s vocal textures and we turned them into an exclusive disc called “Carol

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by webmaster
31Jan
Orchestron
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David Van Koevering, 1940-2018

Sad to report the passing of David Van Koevering, notable to this site as the man behind Vako, who adopted the Optigan and transformed it into the Orchestron in an attempt to market the technology to

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by webmaster
04May
Archives Orchestron Sightings
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Bob Moog References Optigan/Orchestron in 1985 Keyboard Magazine Article

The very first time I heard about the Optigan and Orchestron was in this article penned by Bob Moog for the Sept. 1985 issue of Keyboard Magazine (with Jan Hammer on the cover).

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by webmaster
25Apr
New Optigan / Orchestron Discs Orchestron
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Vako Orchestron VIOLIN Disc Demo – KRAFTWERK – Franz Schubert

https://youtu.be/dZsMAnZmOJw I transcribed the Vako Orchestron VIOLIN disc parts from Kraftwerk’s “Franz Schubert” and put together a little demo / cover version. I cheated and used samples instead of

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by webmaster
13Apr
Archives Orchestron
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Optigan / Orchestron Master Tape Vault feat. “Kraftwerk Choir” Tape/Demo

https://youtu.be/j7czf09vh4Q Since there’s been some interest this week, here’s a quick video of the Optigan/Orchestron master tape vault, ie my library closet. Sorry for my incoherent rambling. Highl

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