General Information

Serial #

72540

Part Number

3

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

54.5 cm

Width

26.0 cm

Height

10.5 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 BYORIGINAL 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 mounted under keyboard reads "HAMMOND SOLOVOX KEYBOARD/ SERIAL NO. 72540 MODEL K SERIES B/ IMPORTANT-/ FOR CONNECTION TO SERIES/ B/ SOLOVOX TONE CABINET ONLY/ U.S. PAT. 2099204 2117002 2142580 2203569/ 2233258 2251052 2253782 2254284 2254366/ 23-1870 1956350 RE 20831/ DES. 123686 DES. 124405 OTHER PATS. PEND./ HAMMOND INSTRUMENT CO. CHICAGO, ILL./ MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." Red decal, beside, reads "CAUTION/ PERMANENT INJURY TO THIS DEVICE MAY/ RESULT IF SCREWS ENTER THIS BOTTOM/ SURFACE MORE THAN 1/8 INCH./ PO 168381". Second plate, on lower section of keyboard, reads "Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ SOLOVOX KEYBOARD PER R16707-21/ SERIAL NO. 1720/ PAT. [blank]/ VOLTS/ 117/ AMPS. 1.3/ CYCLES/ [blank]/ WATTS [blank]/ MADE IN CANADA CSA APP. NO. 3676." Synthetic register keys labelled (l to r) "HAMMOND", "BASS", "TENOR", "CONTRALTO", "SOPRANO", "VIBRALTO/ OFF", "FAST ATTACK", "MUTE", "DEEP TONE", "FULL TONE", "FIRST VOICE", "SECOND VOICE" and "BRILLIANT".

Missing

N/A

Finish

Dark brown moulded synthetic register keys. Dull silver colour metal panels on casing housing volume control lever.

Decoration

N/A