Not synths, but analogue: early cinema organ manufacturers like Compton
sometimes used to put their names very prominently on their instruments.
Like these nine-inch tall gold capital letters:
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~organ/pages/gifs/Compton2.gif - and before you
say 'but that's on the front', the organs were the star, not the performer,
so that is the side that faced the audience. (I guess the player also
needed to see the screen.)
Peter Forrest
PS They sound pretty sweet too.
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From: "Jason Proctor" <
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To: "Analogue Heaven" <
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Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [AH] First manufacturer to put name on back of synth?
> i've always been obsessed with synth back panels -
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http://redfish.net/backpanels/>
> crap collection right now but i hope to expand it.
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> it used to really bug me that TV shows like Top of the Pops etc would put
> black tape over the graphics to prevent advertising on the BBC. i thought
> they should carve guitars into basically the same shape and put black tape
> over their heads too! it's only fair.
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> what's everyone's favourite back panel? i think the first Emulator has a
> rad one. also Moog Source and... Prophet VS.
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>>Fun topic. Got me thinking about when I was a teenager growing up in the
>>1980's first becoming interested in synthesizers. I remember thinking it
>>was SO cool to have keyboards on an A-frame stand with "YAMAHA DX7" and
>>"Emulator II" facing the camera in music videos, photos, or on stage.
>>Mostly because back then there was no way I could ever realistically
>>afford those instruments. Fast-forward to many many years later, that
>>stuck with me so much that when I picked up a DX7IIFD and EII the cosmetic
>>condition of the names on the back really mattered to me!
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>>Howie
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