Controller, keyboard
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- OBJECT TYPE
- digital/MIDI/remote/wearable
- DATE
- 1991
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2005.0108.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Lync Systems
- MODEL
- LN 1000
- LOCATION
- Albany, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- synthetic casing, keys, parts/ metal parts/ leather strap
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 102.0 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 8.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Music
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Lync
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Albany
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- early 1990s +
- Canada
-
Part of a collection of electronic equipment for musical composition, performance and recording owned and used by Canadian Paul Hoffert, composer, musician, author, researcher, entrepreneur and arts administrator. American born, he came to Canada as a child and his career has encompassed many areas of the Canadian music business, including working as a jazz pianist, CBC music director and performer, educator, manufacturer of stereo equipment, music producer, and film composer. In the late 1960s he worked for a short time as a researcher in Hugh LeCaine's electronic music lab at NRC, where he wrote a computer program for music analysis and developed a solid-body electric violin. In 1968 Hoffert and rock drummer Skip Prokop, formed the very successful jazz-rock band Lighthouse (1969-1974, 1982, 1993-present), which earned one platinum record and four gold records and received three Juno awards between 1971 and 1973 In 1977 Hoffert received a Canadian Film Award (later known as a Genie) for best original musical score for the movie "Outrageous!". He also headed the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, the Guild of Canadian Film and Television Composers,and the Ontario Council for the Art. In 1995 he was inducted into the Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2009 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. - Function
-
A device which controls the operation of a digital music synthesizer using piano-type keys and other controls. - Technical
-
The Hoffert collection consists of approximately 25 pieces of electronic equipment for musical composition, performance and recording. These range from iconic keyboard instruments of the 1970s, to a variety of digital devices from the 1980s, to computer software from the early 1990s. These were used either for stage performances, especially during his years in the jazz rock band Lighthouse, or for work in his home studio. This is a wearable, remote keyboard device used to control a MIDI synthesizer. It has no sound generation capacity itself. It has 49 velocity sensitive keys and assignable wheel, switch and control knobs. With 4 MIDI outputs and switchable channels, it can control up to 32 MIDI devices. This is a performance device, worn with a strap over the shoulder, allowing the keyboardist to step out from behind the instrument rack to take centre stage. Paul Hoffert used this device in the 1990s when performing with the reunited Lighthouse. Made in the United States, the LN 1000 was known for having better software and user interface features than competing Japanese wearable keyboards. But its inferior hardware made it prone to breakdowns. Hoffert did not consider it 'roadworthy'. After the manufacturer went bankrupt, he could no longer obtain parts and was forced to cannibalize a Korg RK-100 keyboard for this purpose. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- green and yellow lettering on front reads 'Lync/ LN 1000'/ black lettering for control functions/ red 88 on control panel display/ indented lettering on strap locks reads 'Jim Dunlop [script] ORIGINAL STRAPLOK (R) US PAT'
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- textured black synthetic casing/ black and white keys and controls/ textured black synthetic control panel with yellow, pink and green buttons, pink and green bands/ black strap with plated hardware
- Decoration
- N/A
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Lync Systems, Controller, keyboard, circa 1991, Artifact no. 2005.0108, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0108.001/
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