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This pioneer within synth-based sounds whose band Kraftwerk revolutionized popular music and impacting musicians including Bowie, New Order, Coldplay, and Run-DMC.

Presently, his synth gear along with devices that Florian Schneider used to create Kraftwerk's iconic tracks in the 1970s and 1980s are estimated to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars during the upcoming sale this coming month.

Rare Glimpse for Late Individual Composition

Compositions from an independent endeavor that Schneider was working on just before he died due to cancer at 73 years old two years ago is available as a debut via footage related to the event.

Extensive Collection of His Items

In addition to his portable synth, his flute and his vocoders – that he employed creating mechanical-sounding vocals – enthusiasts have the opportunity to purchase around five hundred of Schneider’s personal possessions at the auction.

Among them are the assortment of more than 100 wind and brass items, numerous Polaroid photographs, his shades, his travel document used on tour through the late '70s and Volkswagen vehicle, which he custom-painted grey.

His Panasonic Panaracer bicycle, featured in Kraftwerk’s Tour de France music video and shown on the single’s artwork, will also go under the hammer this November 19.

Auction Details

The projected worth of the sale ranges from $450,000 to $650,000.

They were innovators – as pioneers that used synthesisers crafting compositions unlike anything prior.

Other bands considered their music “mind-blowing”. They suddenly discovered this new pathway for compositions that Kraftwerk created. It encouraged a lot of bands to move in the direction electronic synth sounds.

Featured Lots

• One voice modulator possibly employed by the band in productions The Man Machine in 1978 and Computer World in 1981 is expected to sell $30,000 to $50,000.
• The portable EMS model thought to be the one used in early work Autobahn has an estimate of $15K–$20K.
• The alto flute, a specific model that Schneider used alongside electronic gear before moving on, carries an estimate of $8K–$10K.

Unique Belongings

In the affordable range, an assortment with dozens of snapshots Schneider took of his woodwind and brass instruments is on sale for $100 to $200.

More unusual pieces, like a clear, colorful bass plus a distinctive fly sculpture, placed on Schneider’s studio wall, are priced at $200–$400.

Schneider’s gold-framed green-tinted shades plus snapshots of him wearing them are estimated at under $500.

Family’s Words

He always believed that they are meant to be played and shared – not left unused or gathering dust in storage. He hoped his tools to go to individuals who would truly value them: musicians, collectors and fans by the art of sound.

Ongoing Legacy

Recalling their contribution, one noted musician said: Starting out, we were fans. Autobahn was an album that made us all sit up and say: what’s this?. They were doing something different … fresh sounds – they deliberately moved past previous styles.”