Oscillator bank
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 12 OSCILLATOR
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0218.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Elmus Lab
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASINGS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS/ METAL FRAMED STAND WITH WOOD SHELVES & SUPPORTS, RUBBER WHEELS/ GLASS VACUUM TUBES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 62.0 cm
- Width
- 62.0 cm
- Height
- 91.3 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
- 1959+
- Canada
-
ONE OF THREE OSCILLATOR BANKS DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, &BUILT AT NRC. IT WAS USED AT UTEMS, THE FIRST ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO IN CANADA, OPENED IN 1959. - Function
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AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT USED TO GENERATE ELECTRONIC SOUNDS WHICH WOULD THEN BE ALTERED BY OTHER INSTRUMENTS & USED IN COMPOSITION. IT CONSISTED OF A BANK OF INDEPENDENTLY TUNABLE OSCILLATORS, USED TO PRODUCE SINE WAVES, PULSE WAVES, SQUARE WAVES, & SAWTOOTH WAVES - Technical
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THIS OSCILLATOR BANK HAD 12 OSCILLATORS & COULD BE OPERATED BY A TOUCH-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD OR THE SPECTROGRAM (860006). ACCORDING TO DAVE ROCHELEAU OF NRC (4.3.86), IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A MIXING BOARD. IT FACILITATED THE USE OF THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC METHOD OF SOUND GENERATION. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- OSCILLATORS NUMBERED 1 TO 12 IN BLACK MARKER, OTHER MARKINGS IN RED & BLACK MARKER/ PLATES ON ACCESSORY PIECES READING 'HAMMOND MFG. CO. LTD., GUELPH, ONT.'
- Missing
- From CA of 03/01/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- METALLIC OSCILLATOR BANK WITH BLACK & CLEAR SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METALLIC & BLACK PAINTED ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT CASINGS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Elmus Lab, Oscillator bank, 1959, Artifact no. 1991.0218, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0218.001/
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