Meet some of the people behind and in front of the alphaSyntauri throughout its history. Movers & Shakers profiles some of the people involved in the development of the alphaSyntauri, as well as a few who have used the alphaSyntauri for out-of-the-ordinary purposes. Musicians profiles artists past and present who have done considerable work with the alphaSyntauri. Famous Fingers attempts to track down those moments when the alphaSyntauri shared the limelight with the big names of the music industry.

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• Laurie Spiegel -- One of the company founders and a pioneer in electronic music composition.
• Paul Lehrman -- An early alphaSyntauri software developer, and co-inventor of MIDI.
• Dr. Russell Osguthorpe -- Used the alphaSyntauri in research on music therapy for handicapped children.

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Sally Reid -- composer of contemporary classical music did many early electronic compositions on the alphaSyntauri.

• The Los Angeles Stylophonic Orchestra -- An afficionado of 'obsolete' instruments.
• Are you a musician that uses the alphaSyntauri prominently? Contact the web site author at purplenote@pobox.com.

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• Keith Emerson -- Yes keyboardist toured with an alphaSyntauri in the early '80s.
• Herbie Hancock -- Legendary jazz keyboardist featured the alphaSyntauri on his hit 1984 album Future Shock.

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