We are honored to be selling items from the Steve Ripley (The Tractors, Bob Dylan, Ripley Guitars, The Church Studio) and the Leon Russell Estates. May need some work but appears to be in pretty good shape.
"The Elka Rhapsody 610 is a analog "String Machine" made in Italy in 1972 (And not from 1975 as stated everywhere on the web..). This polyphonic machine offer 4 sounds: Violoncello, Strings, Piano, Clavichord. The keyboard is split in the middle. it is possible to play 1 to 4 stacked sounds with the left hand while playing from 1 to 4 stacked sounds with the right hand. Each sound has a volume control slider for the left hand and a volume control slider for the right hand. There are also three DECAY settings (to go from a short sound to a more continuous sound), one for VIOLONCELLO, one for STRINGS and one for PIANO/CLAVICHORD. On the keyboard left, there is a cancels setting for the 4 sounds: Then you can turn OFF or turn ON each sounds without having to handle the volume control sliders. The STRINGS and VIOLONCELLO from the ELKA Rhapsody are all beauties, sweet and alive. This is one of our favorite string machine! The Elka Rhapsody has been and is used by artist like: RJD2, Planningtorock, Jean Michel Jarre, Supertramp, Ultravox..."
