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Our top Steampunk synth mod! This etched-brass modular beast took its German creator, Moritz Wolpert, two years to build. And if the Google translation is correct, we can believe it: “all parts such as buttons and handles were made on a lathe by hand. The same goes for the front panel - it was decorated by hand, and etched.”

Moritz Wolpert was also responsible for the Heckeshorn - a working steampunk controller! It was apparently on display at Frankfurt Musikmesse 2007 hooked-up to a turntable and a Korg MS-20. Let’s hope the Heckeshorn returns with the Schaltzentrale in 2010…

(Via Make, theburnlab and Matrixsynth)

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