Synclaviern.
/sɪnˈklavɪə//ˈsɪŋkləˌvɪə/ Music.
A proprietary name for any of a range of digital synthesizers.
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1979 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 27 Feb. tm212/2 Synclavier..for electronic musical synthesizer and an electronic musical instrument controlled by a clavier and a control panel... First use Nov. 9, 1977.
1979 Computer Music Jrnl. 3 ii. 64 (advt.) A sixteen bit mini-computer is the heart of the Synclavier—the world's first and only commercially available all-digital synthesizer.
1986 Melody Maker 19 Apr. 49/1 (advt.) Short orientation courses for the synclavier and other advanced keyboards.
1988 Wire Mag. Apr. 62/1 You're never alone with a synclavier.
1990 New Scientist 6 Jan. 41/1 Alonso and Jones founded New England Digital in Vermont in 1976 and started to make the Synclavier, a portable version of the Dartmouth system that musicians could use on stage and in studios.
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