General Information

Serial #

PROTOTYPE

Part Number

1

Total Parts

25

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CASING; METAL CONTROLS & PARTS; SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL, CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

76.7 cm

Width

32.1 cm

Height

21.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Music

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ROBB

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Belleville

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1926-1931

Canada

PROTOTYPE OF ELECTRIC ORGAN DESIGNED & MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN INVENTOR F.M. MORSE IN 192O'S & 1930'S. SEVERAL MODELS WERE SOLD FROM 1936 TO 1941 BY ROBB WAVE ORGAN CO. LTD., TO INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES, FUNERAL HOMES, U OF TORONTO, ETC. DEPRESSION, ONSET OF WWII, LACK OF FINANCIAL BACKING, CAUSED COMPANY TO FOLD IN 1941.

Function

PROTOTYPE ELECTIC ORGAN, USED TO PLAY MUSIC IN HOME, CHURCH, FUNERAL HOME & OTHER LOCATION WHERE MUSIC WAS DESIRED OR REQUIRED.

Technical

INTENDED AS REPLACEMENT FOR PUMP/PIPE ORGAN, MORSE'S ORGAN ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING MUSIC WITH TONE WHEELS & MAGNETIC PICKUPS TO MIMIC TONES OBSERVED WITH OSCILLOSCOPE. FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL ELECTRIC ORGANS WERE MADE BY HAMMOND & SOLD IN USA FROM 1935. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS STATE LATTER WERE OF INFERIOR SOUND QUALITY TO ROBB'S INVENTION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

ELECTRONICS, TONE WHEELS, KEYBOARDS, SOME CONTROLS, ELECTRIC MOTOR, EXTERNAL AMPLIFIER & SPEAKER From CA of 01/09/1995 by Sue Warren: Undetermined

Finish

BROWN STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD, BLACK SYNTHETIC, BRASS COLOURED METAL.

Decoration

MOULDED AND GROOVED CORNERS & EDGE TRIM