SYNARE 1978 S-3 ANALOG DRUM SYNTH PAD w/Manual

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Open to International Bidders! This No Reserve auction, is for a vintage 1970's Star Instruments Inc. "SYNARE PS-3" Portable Drum Synthesizer. The STAR instrument company was founded in 1976, and this PS-3 drum pad came out in 1978. This drum pad is in very good condition, it has some minor surface wear on the rubber playing surface, but the pad is not rotted or torn in any way. The synth controls all work perfectly, and this pad sounds amazing! I've owned and used several of these SYNARE drums, and I know what to look for! The metal outer casing is really clean, and it has no nicks and scratches. The bottom was factory drilled to accept a standard Ludwig "Classic" tom mount, but the Ludwig bracket is missing. The electronics inside this synth, are perfectly preserved, and t are no signs of battery induced corrosion. This pad is powered by two standard 9-Volt DC batteries, no external powering is available. A complete zeroxed SYNARE S-3 Owner's Manual is included, it has been carefully inserted into a presentation binder, along with a Modern Drummer article that was printed in August of 1980. The Modern Drummer article is about four pages long, and it describes the origin, and manufacturing of the SYNARE electronic drums. Also included in the binder is the SYNARE Timpani and SYNARE S-4 Sales brochures. Everything that you need is read more