Maker
Ace Tone
Japanese electronic instrument maker
Ace Tone was a Japanese maker of electronic musical instruments founded in 1960 in Osaka by Ikutaro Kakehashi, who later founded Roland. Ace Tone is best known for its portable transistor combo organs and early rhythm machines, and is regarded as a direct forerunner of Roland.
Models
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Ace Tone TOP-5
Organ · Japan
A portable transistor combo organ from Ace Tone in the mid-to-late 1960s, part of the TOP (Transistor Organ, Portable) series. The TOP-5 offers five voice tabs (Flute, Organ, Horn, Oboe, String) with vibrato, delivering the reedy combo organ tone characteristic of 1960s beat and rock groups.
Sources
Categories
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Organs
Acoustic, electric, and electronic organs and organ model families.
Representative model
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Ace Tone TOP-5
Organ · Japan
A portable transistor combo organ from Ace Tone in the mid-to-late 1960s, part of the TOP (Transistor Organ, Portable) series. The TOP-5 offers five voice tabs (Flute, Organ, Horn, Oboe, String) with vibrato, delivering the reedy combo organ tone characteristic of 1960s beat and rock groups.