The Sad Story of the Downfall of an Industry | ELKA EH105 and Bontempi MRS-49
Channel: Synths and Sounds
Date: 2022-09-08

This video took me way too much time!

0:00 Intro
1:29 The rise of the Marche synths
2:53 The golden era
3:29 The keyboard revolution
4:29 Witness No. 1: Bontempi MRS-49
5:55 Witness No. 2: ELKA EH105
8:11 The end of an industry
9:11 Outro

Most importantly, check out the videos from @Hainbach  and @AlexBallMusic about the Marche synths:
Hainbach on Synths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ-sVujDlS8
Hainbach on Drum machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NkIU6pEO1A 
Hainbach on the Syn-Ket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8nLh1G8vlY 
Alex Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOLsvvSINlw 

And check out the Museo del Synth Marcheggiano, without it nothing of this would have been possible: https://www.museodelsynth.org/ 

Other important ressources used in this video (mostly in italian):
Marche Organ and Synth companies: https://www.capponiclaudio.it/storia-delle-storie/ 
Italian Wikipedia: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_industriale_plurisettoriale_di_Recanati_-_Osimo_-_Castelfidardo
The Syn-Ket: https://120years.net/wordpress/the-syn-ket-or-synthesiser-ketoff-paolo-ketoff-john-eaton-italy-1963/ 

All other ressources in the order of appearance (also check the Video watermarks):
Maps: https://earth.google.com/web/ 
Bontempi website: https://www.bontempi.com/en/
Swiss calssified ads: https://www.tutti.ch/de/ 
Eko Factory: https://www.ekoguitars.it/en/about
Italy in 1960: https://archive.org/details/filmcollectief-01-803, Filmed by Anton Bakels Zandvoort on 16mm 16mm Filmdigitizing: www.cinepro.nl 
John Paul Jones' Farfisa: http://www.geocities.ws/jpjkeys/farfisa.html 
Farfisa Factory: https://www.lieveverbeeck.eu/pianoforti_italiani_1900_adesso.htm 
Elka image ©CC2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elka_Artist_606_electronic_organ.jpg 
CRB image ©CC4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CRB_Elettronica_Diamond_700_combo_organ_(2012-07-08_09.10.51_by_Ville_Hyv%C3%B6nen)_clip.jpg
Eko image ©CC2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eko_Tiger_Organ.png 
Siel image ©CC2.0: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99439782@N00/5776218225 
Bontempi ad 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMY6AaTIt9I 
Another Farfisa Factory picture: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=01-Jun-2012&lang=de&s=5726 
Simon the Magpie on fan organs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMY6AaTIt9I 
Another Elka image ©CC2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elka_Solist_505_(front)_%26_GEM_PK_4900_(rear).jpg 
Elka Rhapsody image ©CC3.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elka-rhapsody-610.jpg 
Jean-Michel Jarre ©CC2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jarre_._in)doors_._helsinki_._solo_-_Flickr_-_miemo.jpg 
Elka Factory ©CC4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GEM_(formerly_Elka)_former_plant_-_Zona_Industriale_Squartabue_(Recanati),_Macerata,_Italy,_2014.jpg 
Gem keyboard image ©CC4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GEM_WK3.jpg
Fatar's broken website: http://www.fatar.com/home_fatar.htm 

Footage that is not mentioned belongs to myself or the public domain.