Farfisa Compact Duo Organ

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Chad Karnitz
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Farfisa Compact Duo Organ

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Anybody interested in a 1960s-era Farfisa Compact Duo? Email me for pics
cjkarnitz@hotmail.com
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Joe Butcher
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price?
Chad Karnitz
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Farfisa price reduced: $250, buyer pays shipping. Everything works! Folds down to a large suitcase size, comes with volume pedal, original cover, music stand and power unit.

How can you live another day without being able to play the solo to "Light My Fire" on an authentic Farfisa?

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I so totally don't need this that it is absurd to even look at it but....lord it takes me back to my Farfisa Mini-Compact that I bought when I was 13 back in '66. Wish I still had it...mainly for sentimental reasons.
Good luck---that will be a great score for someone.

Just curious--does it have a knee lever volume control (as my mini did)?
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Ok,

I want it...

Sent email..

Gordon
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Ooooohhh, I'm Too Late

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I love my mini-compact.

GREAT keyboard, except for the weight....
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GREAT deal!!!! We used to have to take a hair dryer along on the gigs so we could heat up the inside of the Farfisa to make it work right. 8-) They sure were cool at the time and still are.
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Wow!!

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Have not seen one of those in years, I had a double keyboard Farfisa organ, with volume pedal another pedal that slid the notes up, I took it apart & put the pot inside the organ & used it to play in different keys, never really was a good organ player, & only played a few gigs with it. I was bustin' myself to get a steel guitar & sold it & bought a ShoBud Crossover, what a mess that thing was!! But we won't go there!

Ernie :whoa:
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I used to love to reach under and crash the reverb!
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Cool Outerspace Sounds

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When you turn off the power with the keys pressed, too.
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96 Tears

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I keep hearing the lyrics to 96 Tears when I look at it. I am tempted. My wife said one more guitar and she would leave me but she never said anything about a Farfisa Organ.
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Buy it Tom and I'll come up from R.I. and play 96 tears on it as long as it doesn't wreck your marriage! :D
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Email sent
Gordon Hartin
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Emails and Messages sent...

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I was in a band in Maryland in the early 70's and we got a Leslie for the kb player's Farfisa. Tone to die for - really!
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Jack Hanson
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Carl, Isn't a Leslie for a Farfisa akin to installing a trailer hitch on a Ferrari?
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You can always remove the hitch :lol:
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Ah, the good ole days.
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Is this sold?
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If you look at original post it was from 2009. I would have bought it if the seller would have responded to any of my posts or emails.

gordon
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Post by Matt Berg »

Oddly, recently dusted off my Farfisa and wondering about controlling the volume, when I happened across this string which has just come back from the dead....
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Post by Jon Light »

From your old post, Matt---yes, turning it off with keys depressed was fun. Based on an old recording I used to have of Sun Ra, it would seem that he discovered this too (I don't know if he played a Farfisa and for all I know this 'feature' was common with other organs).
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