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OBJECT TYPE: WIND/DIGITAL
DATE: 1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0218.001

MANUFACTURER: Yamaha Corp.
MODEL: WIND MIDI WX7
LOCATION: Shizuoka, Japan

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General Information

Serial #: 1051 (.2)
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: MOST COMPONENTS ARE SYNTHETIC. PRESUMABLY.1 INCORPORATES METAL & SYNTHETIC INTERNAL COMPONENT PARTS. METAL CONNECTORS ON.2 &.3.2PT CASE FITTED WITH METAL CLASP

Dimensions

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

Length: 58.7 cm
Width: 7.2 cm
Height: 25.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Yamaha
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Shizuoka

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS INSTRUMENT USED AS DISPLAY ITEM 1995+. THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT AVAILABLE FOR USE C. 1987+
Canada: PART OF THE EXHIBIT "TODAY'S JAPAN: DESIGN SAMPLING '95", PRODUCED SPECIFICALLY TO SHOWCASE TALENTS OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DESIGNERS, FOR CANADIAN PUBLIC. EXHIBIT VENUES INCLUDED HARBOURFRONT CENTRE, TORONTO & NMST OTTAWA
Function: TO PRODUCE MUSICAL SOUND
Technical: EXAMPLE OF NEW-AGE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, IN WHICH TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS & STATE-OF-THE ART-TECHNOLOGIES ARE COMBINED. USES THE SAME FINGERING AS THAT OF A SAXOPHONE. IN TERMS OF DESIGN IT HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS IN JAPAN & ABROAD: IN 1989 IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MOMA, NY. MIDI OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE IS A CONTROL SYSTEM. (REF. 2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 'YAMAHA WX7' PRINTED ON EITHER SIDE OF INSTRUMENT, NEAR MOUTHPIECE. CONTROL BAR ON UNDERSIDE, NEAR MOUTHPIECE, LABELLED 'YAMAHA' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON UNDERSIDE OF MOUTHPIECE/.2 FOLLOWING TEXTAPPEARS ON BATTERY CASING: 'YAMAHA WX7/ DC: 9V SUM-3, "AA" SIZE, R-6 OR EQUIV./ NIPPON GAKKI CO., LTD. MADE IN JAPAN/ COMPLIES WITH THE LIMITS FOR A "CLASS B" COMPUTING DEVICE/ PURSUANT TO SUBPART J OF PART 15 OF FCC RULES'; CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS ALSO LABELLED. 'SER. NO. NO01051' APPEARS ON DECAL ON CASING BACK/.2PT CASE: 'YAMAHA' STAMPED INTO CASE/.3 'MIDI' & 'YAMAHA' APPEAR IN RAISED PRINT ON ONE CONNECTOR
Missing: UNKNOWN: SOME COMPARTMENTS WITHIN CASE ARE EMPTY. REQUIRES AMPLIFIER IN ORDER TO PRODUCE AUDIBLE SOUND.
Finish: .1 SMOOTH BLACK CASING: BOTH POLISHED & MATT FINISHES USED ON KEYS, ETC/.2 BATTERY PACK CASING HAS SMOOTH BLACK FINISH..2PT CASE HAS IMITATION LEATHER GRAIN FINISH; 'ANTIQUED' METAL FINISH ON CLASP. CARRYING & STORAGE CASE MFD. OF HARD, MOULDED SYNTHETIC MATERIAL: BLACK PEBBLE-TEXTURED EXTERIOR FINISH; GREY-TO-BLACK FOAM LINING
Decoration: N/A

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