The Organ That Forgot To Use Transistors

According to Hackaday, someone designed a 1960s organ that sidestepped the transistor revolution entirely. While synthesizers of that era typically featured cascading patch cables, oscillators, and solid-state circuitry, this instrument relied on earlier technologies—a surprising choice at a moment when the entire field was racing toward semiconductor electronics.

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