General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

WOOD FRAME & CABINET (COMMERCIALLY MADE) / IVORY? KEYS ON KEYBOARD (COMMERCIALLY MADE)/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL

Dimensions

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

Length

148.5 cm

Width

64.9 cm

Height

99.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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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

1956 TOEARLY 1960'S

Canada

SECOND OF TWO TSO(S) DEVELOPED & BUILT BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT DESIGNER & COMPOSER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, THIS ONE IN 1956-1957. DONOR WORKED WITH LE CAINE AT NRC FROM 1953 TO 1966 DEVELOPING INSTRUMENTS. HE DEVELOPED VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (860011) USED IN SEVERAL LE CAINE INSTRUMENTS.

Function

POLYPHONIC ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, IN WHICH ELECTRIC CURRENT IS TRANSFORMED INTO SOUND BY MEANS OF PRESSURE OF PLAYER`S FINGERS ON TOUCH SENSITIVE KEYS.

Technical

AFTER SACKBUT, LE CAINE DEVELOPED TSO (C. 1954-55). SACKBUT`S TOUCH SENSITIVE KEYS WERE EXTENDED TO POLYPHONIC TSO. GIVING PLAYER FINGER CONTROL OF VOLUME OF EACH NOTE, & THUS PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS FOR SHAPING SOUND THAN CONVENTIONAL FOOT PEDAL. THIS MODEL HAS SEVEN OCTAVE KEYBOARD & THIRTY-THREE KEYS, WITH FOOT PEDAL SUSTAIN & VOLUME CONTROLS ADDED IN 1957.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK & WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON CONTROL PANEL

Missing

UNKNOWN From CA of 03/10/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

CABINET STAINED MEDIUM BROWN & VARNISHED/ BLACK & WHITE KEYS/ WHITE CONTROL PANEL WITH WHITE & ONE BLACK KEY, BLACK SYNTHETIC SWITCHES

Decoration

N/A