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We had a chance to see Tony Monaco again at NAMM, and like always, we were impressed by his incredible musicianship and his warmth.
This is the way he greeted us - even though we’d only really talked to him in any depth once before at the Summer NAMM show in Indianapolis.
What a pro! [...]

 

Extreme synth restorer Phil Cirocco has documented his amazing restoration work on a rare early synthesizer, the tube-based Hammond Novachord.
Cirocco is no stranger to restoration, having worked with ARP synth modifications and maintenance at CMS. It’s hard to imagine, though, that this would have prepared him for the scope of restoring a Novachord.
“I bought my [...]