🔗 Share this article Florian Schneider's Legendary Equipment Head to Stateside Bidding As a innovator in the electronic genre whose band Kraftwerk redefined the sound of pop and influenced performers from David Bowie and New Order to Coldplay and Run-DMC. Currently, the electronic equipment along with devices employed by Schneider for producing the group's famous compositions throughout two decades may bring in a high six-figure sum during the upcoming sale at auction next month. First Listen for Late Personal Work Compositions related to his own venture that Schneider was working on just before he died after a cancer diagnosis aged 73 back in 2020 is being shared for the first time in a video about the auction. Wide Array of Personal Belongings Together with his portable synth, his flute plus voice modulators – utilized by him to make his voice sound like a robot – collectors will get a chance to purchase approximately 500 of Schneider’s personal possessions at the auction. This encompasses his collection over a hundred brass and woodwind instruments, many instant photos, his shades, the passport he used while touring before 1979 and Volkswagen vehicle, painted in a gray hue. His cycling gear, featured in Kraftwerk’s Tour de France music video also pictured in the release's graphics, will also go under the hammer later this month. Sale Information The projected worth from the event is $450,000 to $650,000. The group was revolutionary – as pioneers that used synthesisers crafting compositions that no one had ever heard of before. Additional artists considered their music astonishing. They suddenly discovered a fresh route within sound that Kraftwerk created. This motivated a lot of bands to shift towards of using synthesised electronic music. Highlighted Items A vocoder that is likely utilized on albums for recordings The Man Machine in 1978 plus later releases may go for $30K–$50K. A suitcase synthesizer thought to be employed for Autobahn the famous record has an estimate of a mid-range sum. The flute, an Orsi G alto featured in performances on stage with the synthesiser through the early '70s, may sell for $8K–$10K. Unique Belongings Among the lowest-priced items, a group of about 90 Polaroid photographs photographed by him showing his musical tools can be bought for $100 to $200. More unusual pieces, such as a see-through, colorful bass and a “very unique” 16-inch model of a fly, which was mounted in his workspace, have estimates of $200 to $400. Schneider’s gold-framed green-tinted shades and Polaroid photographs of him wearing them are listed at $300–$500. Family’s Words He felt that gear deserves activity and enjoyed by others – not left unused or collecting dust. He hoped his equipment to be passed to enthusiasts who would truly value them: artists, gatherers and fans by the art of sound. Lasting Influence Recalling the band's impact, a well-known drummer said: “From the early days, we loved Kraftwerk. Autobahn was an album that had us sit up and say: this is new. They produced innovative work … entirely original – they intentionally avoided the past.”