ALL-ELECTRIC ORGAN
Musical tones different in timbre from those of any other instrument come from a new electric organ. The inventor, Ivan I. Eremeeff, Russian engineer living in Philadelphia, calls it a "gnome instrument." Outwardly, it consists of a keyboard on a pedestal, with immovable keys of stainless metal. The performer sits upon a stool covered with metal ancl plays the instrument by touching his fingers to the keys. This contact forms a circuit between the electrically-wired stool and keys, and causes the tones to be sounded. Within the instrument are whirling discs, one for each tone, operated by an electric motor in,the base. ..When the performer touches any key, the corresponding disc magnetically actuates a circuit that amplifies the t on e.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 281, 26 November 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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