Etched-brass modular synth

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By Gareth Branwyn
Posted 2009/07/01 @ 10:54 pm
Category Music

This supremely cool analog synth with a gorgeous etched-brass faceplace showed up on Steampunk Workshop, via the German synth site Synthesizer Database. The builder is Moritz Wolpert. Apparently, from the Google translation, all the knobs and handles were turned by hand on a lathe and the faceplace was hand-lettered, decorated and etched. The project took him two years.

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7 Responses to Etched-brass modular synth

Orpheline on July 2nd, 2009 at 6:20 pm said:

That last picture really messed with my head when I scrolled down the page – it looked like the image was compressing. I almost rebooted…

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Jason Sack on October 17th, 2011 at 2:18 pm said:

Amazing. Try and mass produce that, corporate shills!

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Me Myself and I on October 17th, 2011 at 3:47 pm said:

Obvious question… How much do you think THAT weighs?? Woof!!
Let’s just say you don’t want to drop it on your foot… or on the floor if you on the 2nd floor of a building lest it go through to the 1st floor! Still, a work of art!!

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Kaleb Smith on October 17th, 2011 at 7:33 pm said:

Is that a MIDI port in the lower left??

Where can we hear the thing — I want it to sound as vintage as it looks.

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Russell Arteaga on October 17th, 2011 at 11:54 pm said:

It’s probably for keyboard input.

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Anonymous on October 18th, 2011 at 7:42 am said:

Cool. Now lets hear some sweet sounds come out of that thing too!

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Mike Peebles on October 19th, 2011 at 1:27 pm said:

Even if it didn’t work it would be cool!

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