Are these parts to a Lunetta Synth?

alec_tronn · Joined: Feb 01, 2016 Posts: 2 Location: Saint Louis

I'm a flipper (a scavenger, a reseller, scum of the earth to some, treasure hunter to others...) and I picked up some neat homemade audio stuff from an estate sale last weekend. I posted it all over the reddit electronics boards, and one member suggested that these are parts from a Lunetta Synth. The wooden one certainly looks like the pieces I've seen online.

Any ideas?

As a followup question, do you think these pieces are worth anything, or did I make a poor purchase? (If it's the latter.. I'll be hanging them up for display, because they're pretty awesome looking).

Here are the pics:

http://imgur.com/a/HjELv

revtor · Joined: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 79 Location: NewJersey, USA

Perhaps some sort of early computer system? I see a few relays .. Although the number of jacks to active components is very very high. Doesn't look like enough brains for all the I/O..

Maybe an audio mixer circuit?
Maybe a home brew testing device?

It looks pre-CMOS!!

alec_tronn · Joined: Feb 01, 2016 Posts: 2 Location: Saint Louis

Did you see the one with the wooden case (you have to click the 'view remaining images' link)?

The first device has been pretty well described as a mixing board of some sort... but what do you think about the wooden one?

piedwagtail · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:17 pm Post subject:

An over-ambitious or over-budget build. Hell of a lot more intricate high quality wiring to do!
Quite probably pre-4000 series.
Analogue computer or video synth panel maybe.
If it has anything to do with Naim Jun Paik it could be worth a lot of historical dollars. His stuff like Lunetta's didn't prioritize build quality but maybe it was a partially funded commission.
Discounting as an audio mixer because of banana use.

If you're selling it on, yes it would make an awesome Lunetta panel component collection.

R

PHOBoS · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 3:40 am Post subject:

Looks awesome whatever it is/was. Judging by the lef/right channels & Vu meters i'd say it does have something
to do with audio also the low/mid/high. Whatever it is you could built something nice with it. I am thinking at
least a (2x8/1x16) step sequencer for the bottom using the switches. Razz

And the box with all the bananas could house
a nice selecion of CD4xxx chips.

AlanP · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:19 pm Post subject:

Hate to say it, but these items are classic examples of why labelling knobs and jacks are a good idea.

piedwagtail · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 1:28 pm Post subject:

mike page · Joined: Sep 26, 2016 Posts: 134 Location: norwich, uk

wow it looks nice! Great build skills whatever it is. Really sexy switches