Solovox
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0406.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HAMMOND INSTRUMENT CO.
- MODEL
- SOLOVOX K SERIES B
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 68475
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD, METAL, GLASS, FABRIC & SYNTHETIC MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 69.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Music
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HAMMOND
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS SOLOVOX WAS USED BY ORIGINAL OWNER MR. KEN BAER C. 1948- 1950S; USED AGAIN IN LATE 1960S OR EARLY 1970S
- Canada
-
SOLOVOX ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT, OWNED AND PLAYED BY MR. KEN BAER. IT WAS PURCHASED IN TORONTO CO. 1948 FROM HEINTZMAN & CO. LTD., AND USED MOSTLY IN CHURCHES OR FOR EVANGELICAL MEETINGS. .7-.8 BRASS LEGS MADE BY MACHINIST FRED MCGLASHEN, AND ALLOWED SOLOVOX TO BE USED WITH A PIANO ON A TEMPORARY BASIS IE. DID NOT HAVE TO PERMANENTLY SCREW KEYBOARD TO PIANO. (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO GENERATE A RANGE OF STRING, WOODWIND AND ORGAN TYPE MUSICAL SOUNDS TO ACCOMPANY A TRADITIONAL PIANO. - Technical
-
EARLY FORM OF ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT, CONSISTING OF A KEYBOARD OF 3 OCTAVES AND 36 KEYS, AND A "TONE CABINET" HOUSING A SPEAKER & VACUUM TUBE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS RESPONSIBLE FOR TONE GENERATION & AMPLIFICATION. SOLOVOX IS MONOPHONIC DEVICE: PLAYS ONLY ONE NOTE AT A TIME. DESIGNED FOR USE WITH PIANO. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on sound cabinet reads "HAMMOND SOLOVOX TONE CABINET/ SERIAL NO. 68475 MODEL K SERIES B/ VOLTS A.C. 115 CYCLES 58-62/ WATTS 133/ IMPORTANT- FOR CONNECTION TO SERIES/ B/ SOLOVOX KEYBOARD ONLY/ U.S. PAT. 2099204 2117002 2142580 2203569/ 2233258 2254366/ 2301870 1956350 RE 20831/ DES. 123686 DES. 124405 OTHER PATS. PEND./ HAMMOND INSTRUMENT CO. CHICAGO, ILL./ MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". Vacuum tubes abd receptacles labelled. Markings visible on some internal components. Second plate fixed to cabinet reads "Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ SOLOVOX TONE CABINET MODEL KP/ SERIAL NO. 118/ PAT. [blank]/ VOLTS/ 117/ AMPS./ 125/ CYCLES/ 25/ WATTS/ 135/ MADE IN CANADA CSA APPROVAL NO. 3676". Decal on top edge of speaker cabinet reads "FROM HEINTZMAN & CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO".
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- DARK BROWN WOOD CABINET BACK & SIDE PANELS; DARK BROWN METAL PANEL ON FRONT. VACUUM TUBES HAVE FULL BLACK METAL SLEEVES OR HAVE GLASS AND METALSLEEVES. BLACK SYNTHETIC COVERING ON ONE CORD; DARK GREEN WOVEN FABRIC COVERING ON 2ND CORD.
- Decoration
- N/A
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HAMMOND INSTRUMENT CO., Solovox, circa 1948, Artifact no. 2002.0406, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0406.001/
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