Oscillator & filter

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OBJECT TYPE: VOLTAGE CONTROLLED
DATE: 1962–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0011.001

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NON-FERROUS METAL CASING IN FERROUS METAL RACK/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, METER CASING, & WORKING PARTS/ GLASS METER WINDOW

Dimensions

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

Length: 48.3 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Height: 26.6 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: EARLY 1960'S TO 1980'S
Canada: AN INSTRUMENT COMPONENT USED WITH SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LECAINE OF NRC., & BUILT AT NRC. IT WAS USED AT THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO, THE SECOND SUCH FACILITY IN CANADA, OPENED IN 1964.
Function: A COMPONENT USED IN A NUMBER OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENTS: THE OSCILLATOR PRODUCED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAVE FORMS WHICH WERE FED INTO THE FILTER TO MODIFY THEM (DAVE ROCHELAEU, NRC, 04.03.86)
Technical: ROCHELEAU'S VCO WAS ACCURATE & NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGES IN PITCH AS IT WARMED UP. THE VCO WAS USED IN LE CAINE'S TONE SHIFTER, SONDE, SERIAL SOUND STRUCTURE GENERATOR (SSSG), FUNCTION GENERATOR, POLYPHONE, & PARAMUS. FILTERS WERE WERE USED IN THE SSSG, SPECIAL PURPOSE TAPE RECORDER, & ADJUSTABLE FILTER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK PRINTED LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Missing: From CA of 03/10/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: CASING & RACK PAINTED MEDIUM GREY ENAMEL/ METALLIC APPLIQUE SHEET FORMS BACKGROUND FOR CONTROLS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Elmus Lab, Oscillator & filter, between 1962–1970, Artifact no. 1986.0011, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0011.001/

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