Ace Electronic Industry Inc (normally
known as Ace Tone) was a division of Sakata Shokai Limited of
Osaka, Japan. They produced a portable organ(the GT7) and several
drum machines. There is a relevant connection between Hammond
and Roland here somewhere, as AceTone products are too similar
to Hammond and Roland products. The GT7 organ was a clone of
the Hammond X5, and the Rhythm Ace FR-2L is a clone of the Auto-Rhythm
from
Hammond and rumour has it that AceTone became Roland. A further
confusion set in because in the UK Ace Tone products were distributed
by Bentley Pianos in Woodchester, Glos. who always stuck their
badge on the products, and sometimes Ace Tone drum machines are
known as the Bentley Rhythm Ace rather than the Ace Tone Rhythm
Ace. |
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