Hey there! It's Optigan Season again!.... here we have the one of a kind signature model Optigan of the late, great Henry Muster, legendary organist for the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus for most of the 70s and 80s...... hand painted for him by Roger Dean's cousin, Dodger Dean, who as we all know was very enamored of the circus (and probably owed Henry money hahaha!). Some of its standout features include a large green On button in the center, because as you know Henry was very close to legally blind, and during the circus performances night after night it was very dark in the organist pit; a fanciful and lovely sculpted autumn scene, complete with bizarre purple dragon (because, the 70s, you know?); a trapeze scene to the left of the main keyboard, with very interesting dials and knobs that allowed Henry to do all kinds of horn stabs and stings during the Clown part of the shows; and the quixotic, mushroom like knobs at the top right which he could use to apply all kinds of delay, reverb, and distortion; all in all, a gorgeous piece of machinery, perfectly preserved and safely ensconced in the Optigan Museum in Kalispell, Montana.........peace!
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