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