Hey Jerry and Telharmonium fans,
Amazon has a VHS video available for merely $79. I think it's the
same as the 3 video clips here: http://magneticmusic.ws/mmvideo.htm
I recommend downloading the clips so you can adjust the QuickTime
screen size. It's a nice documentary, but no clips or samples of the
instrument.
One website I visited says that there was a keyboard (all were 36
notes) that was one octave subdivided into 36 notes, a la John Cage.
Bernie
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Korb <jkorb@i...> wrote:
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> Bernie Kornowicz wrote:
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> > Now, where the heck am I gonna put it?
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> > http://www.music.psu.edu/Faculty%
> > 20Pages/Ballora/INART55/telharmonium.html
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> Please read the following excerpt from Telharmonium history :
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> "Meanwhile, with the increased concert broadcasts,
> technical problems began to surface. One was a steady
> downward drift in the instrument's tuning. Another was
> uneven volume, resulting in a sudden lowering of volume
> when chords were played. There was also a cracking sound
> that resulted from staccato notes. "
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> Doesn't this sound familiar ?? Like Mike Pinder's objections
> during the MK-II days of VFO....... History repeats itself......
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> -- JK --
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