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Moe, 
Thanks so much for the link!!! This is truly amazing!
I had no idea this thing exists. And it does sound
wonderful! Almost like a Yamaha CS80. What a monster
of an instrument. 500 pounds... 
I googled a bit and I found this other very
interesting link:

http://www.organhouse.com/hammond_novachord.htm

It has some high-res picts... look at those knobs
(levers?) and the labelings (which I believe is the
standard same font that one sees on many Hammond
organs)... I get goose bumps from looking at that...
and I can feel the raising of craving inside me.... 
Does anybody know what sort of filter circuits are
being used in this thing? And how would such filter
circuits work?

Thanks again for sending that link!!!

Best,
Dino


 

--- mate_stubb <mate_stubb@...> wrote:

> The worlds first synthesizer (commercially released
> synthesizer, that
> is) - anyone know what it was?
> 
> It was the Hammond Novachord, first marketed in
> 1939. Fully polyphonic
> tube synthesizer (169! tubes), with independent LFOs
> per note, and
> controllable envelope generators and formant
> filters.
> 
> These are ultra rare in playable condition. Here's a
> link to a well
> documented recent successful restoration by Phil
> Cirocco. Near the top
> of the page are some links to old sound files, while
> near the bottom
> are links of the newly restored machine being
> played.
> 
> It sounds stunning, with warm pads the equal of any
> CS-80. What an
> amazing machine!
> 
> http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/Nova/intro.htm
> 
> Moe
> http://www.hotrodmotm.com
> http://www.wiseguysynth.com
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