Re: Novochord (was: weird ...)

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Correct spelling: Novachord.  Call me at 408-972-1124.  I'll tell you about
it and mail you literature.  169 vacuum tubes, attack control, sustaining
pedals, 500 lbs., looks like a cabinet grand with dials above keyboard, 72
notes, 72 note polyphonic; about thrty years ahead of its time.; three
production runs, the last in 1942; introduced in 1939; had"field problems";
used three "resonators and a low and hi=pass filter to control
timbre(resonators were electrical formants).  It was the sole invention of
Laurens Hammond and John Hanert.  1069 were made. Could be hooked to Hammond
tone equipment(even, now, PR-40's and Leslies but had self-contained speakers
and amplification.
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