General Information

Serial #

1051 (.2)

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

MOST COMPONENTS ARE SYNTHETIC. PRESUMABLY.1 INCORPORATES METAL & SYNTHETIC INTERNAL COMPONENT PARTS. METAL CONNECTORS ON.2 &.3.2PT CASE FITTED WITH METAL CLASP

Dimensions

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

Length

58.7 cm

Width

7.2 cm

Height

25.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Music

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Yamaha

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Shizuoka

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS INSTRUMENT USED AS DISPLAY ITEM 1995+. THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT AVAILABLE FOR USE C. 1987+

Canada

PART OF THE EXHIBIT "TODAY'S JAPAN: DESIGN SAMPLING '95", PRODUCED SPECIFICALLY TO SHOWCASE TALENTS OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DESIGNERS, FOR CANADIAN PUBLIC. EXHIBIT VENUES INCLUDED HARBOURFRONT CENTRE, TORONTO & NMST OTTAWA

Function

TO PRODUCE MUSICAL SOUND

Technical

EXAMPLE OF NEW-AGE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, IN WHICH TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS & STATE-OF-THE ART-TECHNOLOGIES ARE COMBINED. USES THE SAME FINGERING AS THAT OF A SAXOPHONE. IN TERMS OF DESIGN IT HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS IN JAPAN & ABROAD: IN 1989 IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MOMA, NY. MIDI OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE IS A CONTROL SYSTEM. (REF. 2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 'YAMAHA WX7' PRINTED ON EITHER SIDE OF INSTRUMENT, NEAR MOUTHPIECE. CONTROL BAR ON UNDERSIDE, NEAR MOUTHPIECE, LABELLED 'YAMAHA' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON UNDERSIDE OF MOUTHPIECE/.2 FOLLOWING TEXTAPPEARS ON BATTERY CASING: 'YAMAHA WX7/ DC: 9V SUM-3, "AA" SIZE, R-6 OR EQUIV./ NIPPON GAKKI CO., LTD. MADE IN JAPAN/ COMPLIES WITH THE LIMITS FOR A "CLASS B" COMPUTING DEVICE/ PURSUANT TO SUBPART J OF PART 15 OF FCC RULES'; CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS ALSO LABELLED. 'SER. NO. NO01051' APPEARS ON DECAL ON CASING BACK/.2PT CASE: 'YAMAHA' STAMPED INTO CASE/.3 'MIDI' & 'YAMAHA' APPEAR IN RAISED PRINT ON ONE CONNECTOR

Missing

UNKNOWN: SOME COMPARTMENTS WITHIN CASE ARE EMPTY. REQUIRES AMPLIFIER IN ORDER TO PRODUCE AUDIBLE SOUND.

Finish

.1 SMOOTH BLACK CASING: BOTH POLISHED & MATT FINISHES USED ON KEYS, ETC/.2 BATTERY PACK CASING HAS SMOOTH BLACK FINISH..2PT CASE HAS IMITATION LEATHER GRAIN FINISH; 'ANTIQUED' METAL FINISH ON CLASP. CARRYING & STORAGE CASE MFD. OF HARD, MOULDED SYNTHETIC MATERIAL: BLACK PEBBLE-TEXTURED EXTERIOR FINISH; GREY-TO-BLACK FOAM LINING

Decoration

N/A