Novachordn.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊvəkɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊvəˌkɔrd/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nova , chord n.²

Etymology: < classical Latin nova, feminine of novus (see new adj.) + chord n.²The Novachord was the first electric organ where the system for producing tone was fully electronic (as distinct from the rotating electromagnetic wheels used in earlier electric organs); it was produced commercially by Laurens Hammond in 1939–42. The technology was described, but the Novachord not named, in 1938 (in Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 9 Aug. 431), and 1939 (in Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 6 June 264). The instrument is described in detail in 1939 Electronics Nov. 16–19, 92–93.

An electronic keyboard instrument spanning six octaves.

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Hammond organ1935

Orgatron1935

Novachord1939

clavioline1952

1939 Science 10 Feb. (Suppl.) 6/2 A single versatile new electric instrument, looking for all the world like an old-fashioned spinet, is the Novachord, which uses vacuum tubes instead of piano or violin strings or the pipes of a wind instrument.

1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xxiii. 324 He made Shearing-like records with rhythm section and Novachord.

1970 Oxf. Compan. Music (ed. 10) 325/1 Akin to oscillating valve organs is the Novachord, a domestic six-octave keyboard instrument giving fourteen different tonal qualities.

1999 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 18 Aug. We can better hear the chilling novachord..in Franz Waxman's underrated score for ‘Rebecca’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	novachord
释义	Novachordn. Brit. /ˈnəʊvəkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈnoʊvəˌkɔrd/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nova , chord n.² Etymology: < classical Latin nova, feminine of novus (see new adj.) + chord n.²The Novachord was the first electric organ where the system for producing tone was fully electronic (as distinct from the rotating electromagnetic wheels used in earlier electric organs); it was produced commercially by Laurens Hammond in 1939–42. The technology was described, but the Novachord not named, in 1938 (in Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 9 Aug. 431), and 1939 (in Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 6 June 264). The instrument is described in detail in 1939 Electronics Nov. 16–19, 92–93. An electronic keyboard instrument spanning six octaves. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [noun] > electric or electronic organ organ1885 Hammond organ1935 Orgatron1935 Novachord1939 clavioline1952 1939 Science 10 Feb. (Suppl.) 6/2 A single versatile new electric instrument, looking for all the world like an old-fashioned spinet, is the Novachord, which uses vacuum tubes instead of piano or violin strings or the pipes of a wind instrument. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xxiii. 324 He made Shearing-like records with rhythm section and Novachord. 1970 Oxf. Compan. Music (ed. 10) 325/1 Akin to oscillating valve organs is the Novachord, a domestic six-octave keyboard instrument giving fourteen different tonal qualities. 1999 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 18 Aug. We can better hear the chilling novachord..in Franz Waxman's underrated score for ‘Rebecca’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1939
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