
Frap Tools designs, builds, and tests its modular synthesizer modules in Italy, rooted in the craftsmanship tradition around Modena, where the name derives from the regional spelling of the founder's last name and evokes a blacksmith forging art with sound. The company has produced modules for a decade, recently launching the Magnolia as its first keyboard synthesizer, an analog polysynth emphasizing east-coast sounds. Committed to sustainability, it sources PCBs from a local renewable-energy-powered manufacturer and partners with Tree-Nation for CO2 compensation through reforestation, while opening its online store in October 2022 after years of trusted reseller networks.