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Stylophone
Stylophone, miniature monophonic analogue synthesizer, made in England between 1968 and 1975. The top casing is black plastic with a silver coloured grille over the speaker unit bearing the word ‘Stylophone’ in relief, the base is white plastic stamped ‘MADE IN ENGLAND/WORLD PATENT PENDING’. A strip of metal engraved with key shapes and note names constitutes the ‘keyboard’, with a compass of one and a half octaves. Power control, controls for vibrato and tuning, and jack socket with AMPLIFIER OUTPUT stamped beneath it. With black plastic stylus that makes an electronic contact and completes a circuit, activating the oscillator that generates the sound.
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1968-1975 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:531.2 Analogue synthesizers and other electronic instruments with solid state circuitry (transistor and/or analogue integrated circuitry) generating and/or processing electric sound signals
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- Materials:metal, plastic
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:531.2 Analogue synthesizers and other electronic instruments with solid state circuitry (transistor and/or analogue integrated circuitry) generating and/or processing electric sound signals
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 35 mm x 155 mm x 96 mm