General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS/ METAL FRAMED STAND WITH WOOD SHELVES & SUPPORTS, RUBBER WHEELS/ GLASS VACUUM TUBES

Dimensions

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

Length

62.0 cm

Width

62.0 cm

Height

91.3 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

Ontario

Period

1959+

Canada

ONE OF THREE OSCILLATOR BANKS DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, &BUILT AT NRC. IT WAS USED AT UTEMS, THE FIRST ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO IN CANADA, OPENED IN 1959.

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, USED TO PRODUCE SINE WAVES, PULSE WAVES, SQUARE WAVES, & SAWTOOTH WAVES

Technical

THIS OSCILLATOR BANK HAD 12 OSCILLATORS & COULD BE OPERATED BY A TOUCH-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD OR THE SPECTROGRAM (860006). ACCORDING TO DAVE ROCHELEAU OF NRC (4.3.86), IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A MIXING BOARD. IT FACILITATED THE USE OF THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC METHOD OF SOUND GENERATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

OSCILLATORS NUMBERED 1 TO 12 IN BLACK MARKER, OTHER MARKINGS IN RED & BLACK MARKER/ PLATES ON ACCESSORY PIECES READING 'HAMMOND MFG. CO. LTD., GUELPH, ONT.'

Missing

From CA of 03/01/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

METALLIC OSCILLATOR BANK WITH BLACK & CLEAR SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METALLIC & BLACK PAINTED ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT CASINGS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A