Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

8

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

synthetic casing with metal hardware and trim/ synthetic control panel, controls, handle/ metal and synthetic working parts/ fabric covered foam padding in lid/ fabric lining in lid

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

68,0 cm

Largeur

30,0 cm

Hauteur

14,8 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Communications

Catégorie

Musique

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Computone

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Massachusetts

Ville

Norwell

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

circa 1972 +

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.

Fonction

An instrument which makes musical tones by electronic synthesis and plays these tones by means of a clarinet or saxophone-like interface.

Technique

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. The Lyricon II is a small, voltage-controlled analogue synthesizer that, instead of a keyboard, is controlled by a wind instrument interface. Musical notes are selected by the saxophone-like keys, while a sensor in the mouthpiece converts breath and lip pressure into voltages to control the loudness and the waveform (attack, sustain, decay and release) of the note. The synthesizer itself is housed in the plastic carrying case and consists of two oscillators and several other modules, including a voltage controlled filter and a low frequency oscillator. The Computone company went out of business in the early 1980s, but the Lyricon paved the way for a number of other wind synthesizers and wind controllers. Paul Hoffert purchased his Lyricon II at Manny's Music in New York in 1972. He used it primarily for experimentation rather than composition or performance.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

black lettering on silver label in case lid reads 'COMPUTONE, INC/ Electronic Musical Instruments/ P.O. Box 433 Norwell, MA 02061/ Phone 617 871-2660'/ white lettering on control panel reads 'Lyricon II/ Computone Inc./ Norwell, Mass.' and 'Made in U.S.A. Pat. No. 3,767,833' with white lettering for control functions

Manque

unknown

Fini

textured black synthetic exterior and interior/ brown and black synthetic control panel/ black and silver controls/ black fabric lining in case lid

Décoration

S/O