Viscount D9, also branded as Fujiha D9 and as Oberheim OB3

An Italian-built analog clonewheel instrument dating from the late 1980s. It could be seen as a copy of Korg's original CX3. A similar but dual-manual instrument, the "Intercontinental OP-6" was being made by Viscount as early as 1982.

The D9 features a set of standard drawbars, percussion, overdrive, vibrato switches and a mono "Intersound" Leslie simulator. There was also a module available called the D9E, functionally identical to the keyboard version.

The Fujiha name applied as an adhesive nameplate to some examples appears to have been coined by a UK distributor to try and deflect the perceived lack of credibility of Italian keyboards at the time. The Oberheim-branded OB3 (differing from the D9 only in its color) was the precursor to the very successful digital OB3² organ and module but unlike the later ( squared ) instruments was not multi-timbral. They were produced as a joint venture by the Italian and American companies.

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