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- OBJECT TYPE
- 78 RPM/HOME RECORDED
- DATE
- 1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0134.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RECORDISC CORP.
- MODEL
- LECAINE/JENNESS
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL DISK COVERED WITH SYNTHETIC MATERIAL; PAPER LABEL; PAPER SLEEVE; CARDBOARD PACKING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 25.5 cm
- Height
- 1.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RECORDISC
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1940'S
- Canada
-
HUGH LECAINE WAS A CANADIAN NUCLEAR PHYSICIST WHO WORKED AT NRC FROM 1940. HE HAD A PASSION FOR MUSIC & WAS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN CANADA. HE DEVELOPED THE 1ST ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH THE SACKBUT IN 1945. (REF.2). THIS IS PROBABLY THE 1ST RECORDING OF THAT INSTRUMENT. - Function
-
USED TO RECORD AND PLAYBACK AUDIO. ON THIS PARTICULAR DISK A RECORDING WAS MADE BY HUGH LECAINE OF STUART JENNESS PLAYING THE PIANO AND THE SACKBUT. THE SACKBUT WAS RECORDED 1ST AND THEN PLAYED BACK FOR JENNESS TO ACCOMPANY WITH THE PIANO; AND BOTH WERE RECORDED TO THE DISK. - Technical
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DISK ITSELF IS AN EXAMPLE OF A 'HOME' PRODUCED RECORDING BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECT IS THAT IT CONTAINS POSSIBLY THE FIRST EVER (?) RECORDING OF AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT - HUGH LECAINE'S SACKBUT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABEL: [A] PRINTED: 'R [LOGO]/ STAR[?] RECORDING BLANKS/ THE RECORDISC CORP./ 395 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY/ PLAY/ INSIDE OUT/ PLAY/ OUTSIDE IN/ TITLE/ RECORDER/ FOR VICTORY/ DATE SPEED/ TYPE PROFESSIONAL COPYRIGHT 1942'/ HANDWRITTEN: 'Time/ SL. LAB. 3 [MIN] 32 [SEC]/ ESTR. 2 [MIN] 27 [SEC]/ SLEEPY LAGOON ESTRELITA/ STUART JENNESS PIANO/ &/ SACKBUT/ 25/7/46/ 78'/ [B] PRINTED: 'SAME AS ABOVE]/ HANDWRITTEN: '5 Min 8 Sec/ STARDUST- PIANO S[?]/ STU JENNESS/ 25/7/46/ 78'/ STICKERS ON SLEEVE: 'STUART E JENNESS/ 9-2051 JASMINE CRESCENT/ GLOUCESTER ONT/ K1J 7W2/ 744-1383'/ 'Concord Radio Corp./ Chicago/ 11984'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- DISK- BLACK; LABEL- WHITE WITH GREEN & BLACK PRINTING/ BEIGE SLEEVE
- Decoration
- N/A
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RECORDISC CORP., Record, disk, 1946, Artifact no. 1996.0134, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0134.001/
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