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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1964
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0006.001

MANUFACTURER: NRC, Elmus Lab
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NON-FERROUS METAL CASING/ FEROUS METAL DRAWERS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 66.5 cm
Width: 59.0 cm
Height: 146.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Music
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1958 +
Canada: AN UNIQUE INSTRUMENT DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, & BUILT AT NRC. IN 1964 IT WAS SENT TO THE NEWLY OPENED ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY, THE SECOND SUCH FACILITY IN CANADA.
Function: AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE USE OF COMPLEX TONES IN COMPOSITION BY CONTROLLING THE DURATION & VOLUME OF A TONE BY MEANS OF INKED MARKINGS ON A PAPER CHART READ BY PHOTOCELLS. THE SOUND SOURCE WAS USUALLY THE OSCILLATOR BANK (860003, 910218) OR MULTITRACK (860005, 870022, 910219, 910220).
Technical: LIKE LE CAINE'S 1952 CODED MUSIC APPARATUS, THE SPECTROGRAM USED LONGPIECES OF MOVING CHART PAPER INSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER. IT FUNCTIONED ESSENTIALLY AS A MULTIPLE VOLTAGE GENERATOR OF PROGRAMMABLE MIXER WHICH COULD BE USED TO CONTROL A VARIETY OF SOUND SOURCES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Missing: N/A
Finish: DARK GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ UNFINISHED METAL POST & PAPER HOLDER/ BLACK & BROWN SYNTHETIC/ PLATED SWITCHES/ METALLIC APPLIQUE SHEET FORMING BACKGROUND FOR CONTROLS
Decoration: BLACK EDGING ON CONTROL PANRL

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NRC, Elmus Lab, Spectrogram, 1964, Artifact no. 1986.0006, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0006.001/

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