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Solovox keyboard and tone cabinet
Date: 1940-1942 or 1945-1946 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: Model J, Series A
Serial No: 45201
SignedOn engraved metal tag mounted to underside of keyboard, with copper-colored lettering over a dark brown background: HAMMOND SOLOVOX KEYBOARD / U.S. PAT. RE. 20831 RE 21137-2099204-2117002-2142580 / 2203432-2203569-DES. 123686 / OTHER PATENTS PENDING / SERIAL NO. 45201 MODEL J SERIES A / IMPORTANT – FOR CONNECTION TO SERIES A / SOLOVOX TONE CABINET ONLY / LICENSED ONLY FOR AMATEUR AND EXPERIMENTAL USE / HAMMOND INSTRUMENT CO. CHICAGO. ILL. / MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Another label on the tone cabinet with additional information about electrical paramaters.
Another label on the tone cabinet with additional information about electrical paramaters.
MarkingsIncised on front of keyboard above corresponding switch, left to right: : BASS, TENOR, CONTRALTO, SOPRANO, VIBRATO / OFF, FAST ATTACK, MUTE, DEEP TONE, FULL TONE, FIRST VOICE, SECOND VOICE, BRILLIANT
DescriptionThe device, invented by 1940 and designed to get adjuncted to a piano, consists of 2
Units: the keyboard with the register – levers (to be installed in front of the piano keyboard for the right hand) and the tone cabinet.
Model 7 represents the oldest model of this type of monophonic instruments and is still equipped with a vibrating-reed system
Keyboard 3 octaves c-h2, 36 tones
Keyboard synthetics, metal, case of the music cabinet of wood brown varnished
Length of keys: 21/48 mm
4 books of music of Solovox sheet music (Robbius Solovox Folio; Familiar excerpts for
the Hammond Solovox; Solovox Album by J. Finke; Music for the Solovox by V. C.
Units: the keyboard with the register – levers (to be installed in front of the piano keyboard for the right hand) and the tone cabinet.
Model 7 represents the oldest model of this type of monophonic instruments and is still equipped with a vibrating-reed system
Keyboard 3 octaves c-h2, 36 tones
Keyboard synthetics, metal, case of the music cabinet of wood brown varnished
Length of keys: 21/48 mm
4 books of music of Solovox sheet music (Robbius Solovox Folio; Familiar excerpts for
the Hammond Solovox; Solovox Album by J. Finke; Music for the Solovox by V. C.
DimensionsKeyboard unit width: 544 mm (21-3/8”)
Tone cabinet: 550 x 692 x 130 mm
Tone cabinet: 550 x 692 x 130 mm
ProvenanceIn use of the previous owner’s family.
Terms
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Cordes, 1992
Not on view
Object number: 05322