Holder, tape

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OBJECT TYPE: recorder/special purpose/6 tape
DATE: 1955
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0219.002

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal body with a wood base and synthetic feet

Dimensions

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

Length: 43.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Height: 92.2 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: 1955+
Canada: The first or prototype of five special purpose tape recorders designed by pioneering Canadian electronic music composer & instrument designer Hugh Le Caine of NRC, used by him for his landmark composition 'Dripsody'. After 1959 it was the central instrument at UTEMS, the first such studio in Canada.
Function: Stucture used to facilitate the use of six tapes at once so that the sound from them could be mixed.
Technical: This was the first 'studio' instrument built by Le Caine; its sole purpose was to facilitate the musique concrete technique of changing the playback speed of recorded sound. It used a keyboard like the synthesizers of the 1980's but it could work with many sounds simultaneously & mix them into a single stereo output.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: From CA of 03/01/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: Light grey/silver-coloured metal body with dark grey tape on the proper front and back, light brown wood base and yellow strips on some of the metal parts. There are some handwritten markings on the proper left side in black marker.
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Elmus Lab, Holder, tape, 1955, Artifact no. 1991.0219, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0219.002/

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