"Petit Fleur" - on ELKA EP-8

"Petit Fleur" by Bechet played on ELKA EP-8. I used automatic arpeggiator and touch start for the rhytm.

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Music

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• ELKA
• EP-8
• organ

[pondboy105]

thanks for that organfairy you play very well how long have you bean playing the organ by ear?

[organfairy]

I bought my first keyboard - a small CASIO - in 1988. Then over the years I added more keyboards to my system. I bought a set of pedals in 1992 and connected them to another little CASIO. I used this system - which can be seen in my video "Julebal i nisseland" - untill 1999 where I got my Yamaha organ.

The first time I played (or attempted to play) like I do in this video was in 1995 or '96.

[pondboy105]

oh yesssss that was what klaus wonderlich played did he have this very organ that you are playing as it sound's like it or did he make one of his organ's sound like a elka ep-8. what can you tell me about elka as i have never heard of that make can you still buy them

[organfairy]

According to the record sleeve the instruments KW used was Electra-Piano T, Clavinet D6, and String-Melody all three from the German brand Hohner.

ELKA is an Italian brand. They are mostly known for making good home organs but they also made a small amount of synthesizers - including the Synthex which Jean-Michel Jarre used for creating his famous laser-harp sound. ELKA doesn't make organs anymore. But they often show up on Ebay or even in the local newspapers second-hand columns.

[lake40]

nice arangement very well played

[juanchow56]

Of course, the only one played this song exactly this way was K.W. I like it.