Solovox keyboard and tone cabinet
Date1940-1942 or 1945-1946 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelModel 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 AMERICAAnother 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.
DimensionsKeyboard unit width: 544 mm (21-3/8”)
Tone cabinet: 550 x 692 x 130 mm
ProvenanceIn use of the previous owner’s family.
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Cordes, 1992
Object number05322
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