General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

METAL CASING & FRAME/ SYNTHETIC KEYBOARD KEYS, KNOBS, DISKS, CABLES/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

69.5 cm

Width

52.7 cm

Height

114.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Music

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

C. 1961 +

Canada

ONE OF THREE OSCILLATOR BANKS DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, & BUILT AT NRC. IN 1964 IT WAS SENT TO THENEWLY OPENED ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY, THE SECOND SUCH STUDIO IN CANADA.

Function

AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT USED TO GENERATE ELECTRONIC SOUNDS WHICH WOULD THEN BE ALTERED BY OTHER INSTRUMENTS & USED IN COMPOSITION. IT CONSISTED OF A BANK OF INDEPENDENTLY TUNABLE OSCILLATORS CONTROLLED BY A TOUCH-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD & USED TO PRODUCE SINE WAVES, PULSE WAVES, SQUARE WAVES, & SAWTOOTH WAVES.

Technical

THIS LATER VERSION OF THE OSCILLATOR BANK HAD 24 OSCILLATORS OPERATED BY A TOUCH-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD. IT COULD ALSO BE USED WITH THE SPECTROGRAM (860006) & REFLECTS LE CAINE'S INTEREST IN SINE-TONE COMPOSITION. ACCORDING TO DAVE ROCHELEAU OF NRC (04.03 86), IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A MIXING BOARD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK IMPRESSION-PRINTED LABELS ON OSCILLATORS/ MFR.'S PLATES ON PARTS MFD. BY HAMMOND MFG. CO., GUELPH, ONT./ WHITE PRINTING ON PARTS MFD. BY MALLORY

Missing

N/A

Finish

TABLE PAINTED DARK GRAY ENAMEL/ SHELF PAINTED MEDIUM-GREY ENAMEL/ BLACK ENAMEL KEYBOARD CASING/ BLACK & WHITE KEYS/ BLACK KNOBS & POWER CORD/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT DISKS/ GREY CABLES

Decoration

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