General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS METAL RACKS/ NON-FERROUS METAL CASING FRONTS/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, BUTTONS, SWITCHES, & WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

69.3 cm

Width

45.0 cm

Height

193.5 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

Quebec

Period

C. 1968 POSSIBLY UP TO EARLY 1980'S

Canada

One of four SSSGs designed by pioneering Canadian electronic music composer and instrument designer Hugh Le Caine of NRC, and built at NRC Elmus Lab. It was used at McGill University at the second electronic music studio which opened in 1964.

Function

An electronic music instrument used in the studio to produce motifs to be recorded and used in composition according to classic studio techniques. It contained four types of control, which assigned to each note a duration, pitch, volume, and timbre characteristic.

Technical

The SSSG applied serial logic to various parameters of electronic musical texture. It was extremely complex and powerful sequencer and was capable of a wider application than later commercial sequencers. The SSSG anticipated developments in the application of computers to sound generation and control.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK PRINTED LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ PLATE ON CASING BACK READS 'HAMMOND/ 1463-C1/ HAMMOND MFG. CO. LTD./ GUELPH, CANADA'.

Missing

N/A

Finish

OUTER CASING PAINTED GREY/ COMPONENT CASING FRONTS PAINTED GREY OR WITH MULTICOLOURED DESIGNS/ BLACK, WHITE, & BLUE CONTROLS/ METALLIC APPLIQUE SHEET ON FRONT PANEL AS BACKGROUND FOR CONTROL KNOBS

Decoration

RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, BLACK, & BUFF ABSTRACT CURVILINEAR DESIGNS ON SOME FRONT PANELS, CREATED BY NRC ARTIST ANNE-LORE THOMSON DANIELS, WITH THE COLOURED SHAPES RELATED TO THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT CONTROLS OF THE INSTRUMENT.