Novachord #346 Inspection & Initial Wakeup

[hollowsun]

For those who may be having trouble listening to the Novachord/Theremin duet at my blog due to its inexplicable slowness, I have put it on YouTube...



Cheers,



Steve

[hollowsun]

Found this in an interview with Laurens Hammond in 'Popular Mechanics' in 1939 discussing the Novachord.

Quite prophetic!!



Cheers,


Steve

[pflosi]

that's a very good statement. was a good read

[madtheory]

Yes, beautifully insightful! Thanks.

[hangarjoe]

Here's the first page of an artical I found on the internet from the Science News Letter of 2-25-1939.

[pflosi]

a pity that it's too small to read

[hangarjoe]

For pflosi - If you'll click on the image, you can expand it to full size.

For Hidaway Dan - I noted that the article specifically mentions trumpet and french horn as sounds it made.

- Joe

[madtheory]

a pity that it's too small to read

Right click and select "view image" ctrl+ will enlarge it, in most browsers.

Interesting that one is directed to "Punching the keyboard..." I don't think Dan would be very pleased if I performed like that on Novachord #346!!

[hangarjoe]

I'm wondering if the particular unit they played had the velocity key function that never made it into the production models.

- Joe

[Automatic Gainsay]

Found this in an interview with Laurens Hammond in 'Popular Mechanics' in 1939 discussing the Novachord.

Quite prophetic!!



Cheers,


Steve

Steve, that is very interesting!
It was this sort of thinking that led to the creation of the Novachord, and precisely why they didn't think of the Novachord as an organ.
Despite the named "presets" in the manual, the intent was for the Novachord to be a new musical instrument as described above. I have a pamphlet advertisement which voices this same sort of thinking that I keep promising Dan. Unfortunately, I don't have access to it right now, being in England!

[pflosi]

For pflosi - If you'll click on the image, you can expand it to full size.

strange somehow i managed to save the preview size anyhow

thanks, interesting! it's really cool to see such approaches to synthesis from the 30ies

[hollowsun]

This is, errmmm, interesting...



From 2.03 to 3.05...

Mind you, the whole vid is worth watching, especially the first two minutes - a reminder of those VERY different times!!

Cheers,


Steve

[starcrusher]

For those who may be having trouble listening to the Novachord/Theremin duet at my blog due to its inexplicable slowness, I have put it on YouTube...



Cheers,



Steve

if they're not playing this in heaven i have no interest in attending

[hollowsun]

[HideawayStudio]

if they're not playing this in heaven i have no interest in attending

Many thanks indeed... This turned out so much better than I envisaged - so much so, Thomas and myself are considering making some more improv Novachord & Theremin duets. The two instruments sit very nicely together in a mix.

And a big thanks Steve & Thomas for making this possible...