Telharmonium recordings (Was: Re: [sdiy] Telharmonium motors, perhaps?)

[asfi at eol.ca]

Quoting Tom Arnold <xyzzy at sysabend.org>:

> > > http://magneticmusic.ws/mmvideo.htm
> > 
> > .....though there's nothing in the description or credits that state
> > that original Telharmonium recordings were used in the film. In
> > fact, the credits suggest the opposite, and that the soundtrack
> > was realised using a TX802.
> 
> I have read that no recordings survive of any version of the Telharmonium,
> which is sad, but this movie still looks very interesting so I mentioned it.

Indeed. Looks like it's watchable online, via RealPlayer:

http://www.thesync.com/festival/documentary.html

(I wonder if RealAlternative will play it?)

> Would be very interesting to see if the blueprints were still around.  How
> would that be for a DIY synth project.
> 
> Building a Telharmonium will have to wait until after I retube and recap my
> Novachord however.

If the retrocomputing nuts can reconstruct Babbage engines, I don't think
it's completely insane to contemplate a resurrected Telharmonium. Incurably
daft, mind you, but not completely insane. There's a difference.....

- Colin Hinz
  Toronto, Canada