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The Technology of music in the early 20th Century

Last post 05-06-2007, 1:36 PM by davidecasteel. 5 replies.
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  •  10-29-2006, 8:22 PM 25643

    Time [O] The Technology of music in the early 20th Century

    A great article that I recommend anyone with an interest of old electronic instruments should skim through.



    http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/archives/miessner/em1936.htm





    Everett Orgatron





    Vierling and Kock Organ


    Nathan Wilcox
  •  10-30-2006, 12:12 PM 25663 in reply to 25643

    Re: The Technology of music in the early 20th Century

    Thank you, Orgrinder010. An absolutely fascinating article.

    Everyone should read it!

    Digi
  •  10-31-2006, 10:09 AM 25697 in reply to 25663

    Re: The Technology of music in the early 20th Century

    Yes, one to be added to the library for some of my students.

    Andy


    It's not what you play, it's not how you play. It's the fact that you're playing that counts.
  •  05-03-2007, 8:47 PM 33569 in reply to 25697

    Re: The Technology of music in the early 20th Century

    Fascinating.  A more recent work is the book, "Electronic Musical Instruments" by Richard H. Dorf (developer of the Schober electronic kit organs); this book covers some of the same ground as the above article, but continues on from there into the designs of the 1960s.

    David

  •  05-05-2007, 6:44 AM 33595 in reply to 33569

    Re: The Technology of music in the early 20th Century

    Thanks for the info, David. Found one used on amazon, so have ordered it out of interest.

    Andy


    It's not what you play, it's not how you play. It's the fact that you're playing that counts.
  •  05-06-2007, 1:36 PM 33678 in reply to 33595

    Re: The Technology of music in the early 20th Century

    The most recent technology in that book is a discussion of the vacuum tube "Concert" model sold as kits by Schober, a model that was eventually supplanted in the Schober line by the "Recital" model (powered by discrete transistor circuits).  I have a Recital model I assembled in the 1960s, but it is currently inoperative.  I'm in the middle of modifications to the tone generation system to marry a crystal oscillator and Top Octave Synthesizer chip into the original 12 generator boards that provide the 7 levels of octave division and wave-shaping.  I'm a great procrastinator and I have a power supply problem, I think....

     

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