Rock-Si-Chord Electronic Keyboard
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1968
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This electronic keyboard was made by Rocky Mountain Instruments in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, about 1968. It is a Rock-Si-Chord, model 200A, serial #2081. This instrument was invented to approximate the sound of a harpsichord, especially for use in rock music. This model has two sets of individual tone generators, one tuned at an 8-foot pitch and one tuned at a 4-foot pitch. There are two volume controls on the voicing table between the voice toggle buttons. The disposition of the voice toggle buttons is as follows:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Lute 8’<br>Electric Guitar A 8’<br>Electric Guitar B 8’<br>Harpsichord 8’<br>Cembalo 8’<br>Lute 4’<br>Electric Guitar A 4’<br>Electric Guitar B 4’<br>Harpsichord 4'<br>Cembalo 4'<br>Tamboura 4’<br>Accenter 4’</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Rocky Mount Instruments is a subsidiary of Allen Organ Co.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This instrument features U.S. Patent 27076654, dated May 3, 1955 by Mac Marsillius, assignor to Woodstock Metal Products, Inc., for folding legs for a collapsible table.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Carolina, Rocky Mount
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Electronic Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ronald L. Clairmont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0123.02
label: accession number
content: 1987.0123
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0123.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: keyboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 3/4 in x 36 1/2 in x 23 1/4 in; 90.805 cm x 92.71 cm x 59.055 cm