Kennywood - The Merry-Go-Round’s Wurlitzer band organ has...

Happy Birthday

Grandpa 808… In 1959, Wurlitzer released the Sideman - the world’s first commercially available drum machine which used vacuum tubes to create its beats. This later inspired Keio Electronic (who became better known as Korg) to build the Keio Doncamatic using transistor technology in 1963. The rest as they say is history… I have one modded with Midi (!) and we have another awaiting restoration. If you don’t follow @robotussin_vintage_synths I highly recommend doing so… Repost• @robotussin_vintage