Hohner String melody II

OVERVIEW the keyboard consists of four octaves (49 keys) heavy wooden case from the seventies; It features full polyphony with divide-down technology. There are 9 sliders on the left + 4 others above the keys. 5 push buttons on the upper part for kinda preset selection.

Terminal connectors:

- audio out
- volume pedal control
- power button

OSCILLATORS The Hohner sound generator is based on a master oscillator with a MK50240 top octave divider chip, so it divides the generated oscillator square wave into the 12 semitone notes of an equal tempered octave. The left range split can have monophonic bass sound with extra volume and percussion attack control.

SOUNDS there are basically 3 sounds t"CELLO", "VIOLA" and "VIOLIN" you can mix a combination of three string sounds.
The String Melody II features also five different ensemble effect variations with pretty strange name: "O, ACC., SOLO, ORCH., and ORGAN"
O: chorus & mixer

acc.: accordion as plain out (w/o chorus) & mixer

solo: fast LFO - tremolo (FM), low LFO - vibrato (AM) w/ chorus & mixer

orch.: full orchestra w/o mixer and bass

organ: only low LFO chorus & mixer

Hohner string melody 2 Specifications

Model: hohner
Year: 1977
Country: Italy
Display: none
Actual Price: 300€ (growing)

Polyphony - 49 notes
2x LFO - No user controls
Envelope - Attack / Decay (Sustain)
Effects - Ensemble effects
Keyboard - 49 keys non velocity
Memory - None
Control - Volume Control Pedal input

IC:
MK50240 mostek
SAJ210
TCA350

Weight: 23 Kg
Dimensions: 78 × 28,6 × 8,8 cm

Hohner String
melody II

String processor (1977)

Overview

Sound

Hohner string melody 2 Specifications