Convergence III: Turntable + Organ
By bohus
The Panasonic Do-Re-Mi is a little bit piano shaped, which makes sense when you're playing this little buzzy sounding monophonic (did I even need to say that?) keyboard, but pull off the cheerful red lid - presto, turntable-oh! You can play keyboard only, or keyboard together with turntable (I'm thinking of playing some old "music minus one" records with this thing at a show in a few weeks), and there's also support for a microphone.
What does it sound like? Better than it should, but of course it's still a toy. One thing that makes this kid's keyboard special is that it extends beyond an octave and has sharps and flats. So many keyboard instruments for children - especially early ones - only had a single octave with only the white keys represented. Obviously Panasonic was serious with this one.