INSTRUMENTS

Only the instruments heard on the "Hugh Le Caine: Compositions and Instrument Demonstrations" CD are further described on this site.

• Free Reed Organ (1937)
• Electronic Sackbut (1945-1973)
  • The 1948 Prototype
  • Playing the Sackbut
  • The Sackbut Synthesizer
  • Inside the 1971 Sackbut
• Coded Music Apparatus (1952-55)
• Touch Sensitive Organ (1952-1957)
  • The 1954 Prototype
  • The Keyboard Mechanism
  • Diagrams & Schematics
  • The Commercial Prototype
• Special Purpose Tape Recorder (1955-1967)
  • The 1955 Prototype
  • The Special Purpose Tape Recorder at the University of Toronto
  • The 1961 Model
  • The Special Purpose Tape Recorder at McGill University
  • The 1967 Model
• Oscillator Bank (1959)
• Spectrogram (1959)
• Level Control Amplifier (1962)
• Adjustable Filter (1962)
• Tone Shifter (1962)
• Alleaphone (1962)
• Printed Circuit Keyboard (1962)
• Function Generator (1964)
• Two-Channel Alternator (1964)
• Ring Modulator (1964)
• Device For Expansion and Compression (1964)
• Envelope Shaper (1965)
• Tone Mixture Generator (1965)
• Serial Sound Structure Generator (1966-1970)
  • Inside the Serial Sound Structure Generator
  • The Serial Sound Structure Generator at Expo 67
  • The Serial Sound Structure Generator at McGill University
• Sonde (1968)
  • Inside the Sonde
  • Schematic
• Polyphonic Synthesizer (1970)
  • The Polyphonic Synthesizer at McGill University
  • A Close-up view of the Control Panel
• Paramus (1972-74)