Eminent 225-E
There is no documented Eminent 225-E synthesizer. The sources that mention "225-E" are not talking about one.
Overview
The Eminent 225-E is not a documented piece of audio gear. No manual, catalog entry, spec sheet, or period review in the available record describes a synthesizer, organ, or electronic instrument under that name. The record does contain some documents where "225 E" shows up only as a street address, and not a synthesizer's address either.
The PDF excerpts attributed to this model show it best. One chunk, from a 1944-era trade publication, is a classified "Equipment Wanted" notice placed by Regional Radio Sales Co. at 225 E. Bradley Rd., Milwaukee. It asks for a 250-watt transmitter and accessories. A second chunk from the same document is a near-identical notice for a 1 kW transmitter, from the same Milwaukee address. A third chunk, from a 1932 publication, is a dealer advertisement for Wakem & Whipple at 225 E. Illinois St., Chicago, selling replacement tubes for radio receivers. In every case, "225 E" is short for "225 East" in a mailing address. None of these documents name an Eminent product, and none describe a synthesizer.
The magazine chunks don't help much more. The only chunk that comes close to naming an Eminent product is an Audiophile (1991, p.113) listing for the Eminent Technology II air-bearing tonearm, made by Eminent Technology at 225 E. Palmer St., Tallahassee. Again "225 E" is a street direction, and this time it is attached to a tonearm, not a synth. The remaining chunks are manufacturer directory pages from HiFI-Stereo (1989, p.220; 1994, p.209; 1999, p.237) listing audio companies by state. None of them identifies an Eminent 225-E.
So this is a naming collision, not a product. "225-E" is a common form for a street address, 225 East, and the OCR'd period documents that surfaced under this model name appear to have been matched on that string rather than on any actual product identity. The Eminent Technology tonearm listing is the closest thing to a genuine Eminent audio product in the set. It is a tonearm, it is a different company's product line, and its "225 E" is a street address, not a model number.
No such instrument has been documented here. Anyone who finds a "225-E" for sale should check what the badge actually says before assuming it is a synthesizer.
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