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by peahix
05Aug
Sightings
46

Optigan “Banjo Sing Along” featured in series of PSAs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws7mv3W22H8&list=PL9Xlh2Jq9l7UEC61U8jXgqvI4r8qEEZqi&index=2 Longtime Optigoner Joe McGinty sends us this playlist of videos he created the music for, with the O

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by peahix
05Aug
Classic Old School Retro Sightings Vintage
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Old-School Optigoner Shares Stories & Vintage Photos

Old-School Optigoner Kathy Niklewicz recently shared her Optigan stories and some great old photos from the 70s! I may have been the only enthusiastic Optigan owner on the planet! I bought my first on

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by webmaster
01Jul
Featured Sightings
31

Vintage 1970s T-124 & T-125 Diagnostic Discs on eBay

I almost never sell Optigan stuff on eBay, but thought I’d give a couple of vintage/original diagnostic discs a shot, since I don’t recall having seen any listed there before. Click on the images for

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by webmaster
21May
iOptigan Optiganally Yours Sightings
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Case Study: Optigan’s BOSSA NOVA STYLE Disc

I was recently made aware via some comments that the Optigan BOSSA NOVA STYLE disc was used years ago as the basis for two different pieces of music from video game soundtracks: https://youtu.be/qDUES

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by webmaster
19Feb
iOptigan New Optigan / Orchestron Disc Player New Optigan / Orchestron Discs Panoptigon Sightings
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Optigan Article in Electronic Sound Magazine

Happy to have lent a hand with this article about the Optigan by Mat Smith in the latest issue of Electronic Sound Magazine!

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by webmaster
11Feb
Sightings
24

Laurie Anderson’s LANDFALL, feat. Optigan, Wins Grammy Award

Big congrats to Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet on their Grammy Award! We had a tiny hand in the creation of Landfall, having lent Laurie one of Robert Becker’s heavily customized Optigans which

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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
19Aug
Optiganally Yours Sightings
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Optigan Article in Norwegian Musikkpraksis Magazine

A recent issue of the Norwegian magazine Musikkpraksis features an article about the Optigan for which Pea was interviewed. Thanks to Geir Sundstøl for the article, and for sending us a copy! If you r

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by webmaster
14Feb
Sightings
1
17

Ross Garren & Andre LaFosse – CRANKY MACHINES

[bandcamp width=350 height=470 album=1128014064 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false] Mellotrons and Optigans and Space Echoes, oh my! A collision of nostalgic tones and deconstructi

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by webmaster
10Feb
Sightings
18

Five Optigans For Sale in Tennessee

Our good friend and resident Optigrinch Brian Kehew writes:
If anyone is interested in becoming the queen or king of Optigans in Tennessee, I know where FIVE machines are sitting. Don’t come back to m

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