Farfisa and languages

[Marco Montaruli <genpla@flashnet.it>]

At 10:00 04/04/96 -0500, "Bruce A. Wahler" <bwahler@tiac.net> wrote:

>the manufacturer, Crucianelli -- spelling???

Read "u" as in "bush", 2nd "c" as in "cheese" and "e" as in "bet".

>As a last resort, I got this address and phone number from the Keyboard 
>Mag site:
>
>       Farfisa (distributed by Comus, Spa.)
>       Viale Don Bosco 35
>       62018 Portenza
>       Picena, Italy
>       voice   39-73-388-5217
>       fax     39-73-388-5240
>
>I have NO idea if English will get you very far!
>
>Good luck ....

As far as I know, Farfisa is owned since 196x by an American company... 
"Lear Siegler" or something like.
They are now specialized in interphones!

Just for the record, I own a Farfisa 150 (console) bought directly from the
factory in 1973 (my factory used to manufacture plastic parts for them).
It ceased working recently: only a distorted sound is coming from the
speaker.  Its main weakness was in the key contacts, which needed continuous
cleaning. Never had problems with oscillators.

In the same area used to operate Pari and Elka (and many others), which
manufactured nice and cheap imitations of tonewheel Hammonds and Leslies.

Bye

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  Marco Montaruli, General Plastics, Rome <genpla@flashnet.it>