my collection

I finally took the time to take some pictures. There's still a couple models I need to find to complete my collection: the OM-36 and the OM-100...

This is my first, the OM-27 I bought at a carboot sale in my village in 1985. Payed 5 guilders ( 2,50 euro's) for it and it came with the original silver bag.

The OM-250m I bought new in the beginning of the nineties. My violinist uses it in our band these days.

I found this OM-300 3 years later, again a bargain! This one I used a lot to record strings on my demo's. It has limited midi capabilities, no way of re-assigning channels, but who cares:-)

I just found out I actually own 2 OM-84's (System 2) and there's another on the way!  The Om-36 is quite similar, without some of the extra features. I think this one is my favourite: the "sonic string" mode + the low-fi drumsound makes it a lot of fun to play.

The Qchord The first time I saw it, I really wanted to have one! It took some time and in the process I mysteriously became the importer for the Benelux for a couple of years:-) The Qchord has certain nice features (whammy bar & a couple of good sounds) but isn't a real step forward from the OM-300. Also it has a lot of buttons with digital double-functions. This can be very annoying: when you switch off the power, your settings are gone.

My pride and joy! the Tronichord (PC-27) also known as Portachord. I recently bought it after searching the net for 10 years. It was the pre-model Suzuki made before they introduced the Omnichord. Very limited capabilities: Just chordbuttons, a strumplate ,volume, one sound...It's a simple but amazing supermusictoy:-)

looking for OM-100/200/300 dead or alive

I've started a search for broken omnichords, parts etc A friend of mine has got a lot of motherboards, parts and broken or half-dead omni's he wants to repair. So we're setting up a Omni-hospital I guess:-)

Tronichord pics..

As promised, here they are! I found out it also has a modelnumber : the PC-27.
Nice detail: the box still has the original pricetag: 195,00 dutch guilders (about 95,00 euro's)
It was purchased from a toystore called Dieterman. While looking for this company I stumbled on a dutchman who is a wizard in selling on Ebay with the same name (Donald Dieterman)  He's specialized in toys...I wonder if he's related:-)

Omni-Pics on the net

In my search for more Omnichord-addicts, I stumble across more & more articles on the omnichord. Nice!  When I started importing the Qchord years ago, I  took pictures of my omnichords to show them on my website...
Now everybody's using the shots I took for their blogs, articles etc...
it's really weird to see the Om-300 I still use in my band on wikipedia and all the other sites!

Tronichord arrived...

This morning the mailman brought me a parcel. Nervous as a kid at X-mas I opened it and there she was...(yes, somewhere along the line a simple piece of electronic music toy had turned into a "she":-)
Anyway, to my surprise it was in absolute mint condition, with original box, manual & a piece of sheetmusic including "Hark now hear the angels sing"  ah....it's really X-mas, only 3 weeks late!
I will definitely post some pics & scan the manual, it's hilarious:-)...

Tronichord!!!

I'm a happy guy!... after searching for 10 years, I finally found a Tronichord.  It's the first omnichord ever designed and quite rare. Next blog I will post the pictures of my collection. I can't wait for it to arrive!

found some more on the internet

The illusive portachord...mmm, I saw it once on ebay and it went for a ridiculous price to someone in Japan.