Photograph: Instruments - The Guitar with a Difference!!!
- Made:
- February 1965
Daily Herald Archive entitled 'The Guitar with a Difference!!!'. The photograph shows Bohuslav Haus playing a guitar, which he designed, that has a built-in transistorised vibrator to imitate the tone colourings of other instruments such as the trumpet, clarinet and saxophone. Dated February 2nd 1965.
Photograph from the Daily Herald Archive, indexed as Music, Instruments, Guitars.
Photograph: Instruments - The Guitar with a Difference!!! With Built-In Trumpet - Clarinet - Saxophone Etc...
This musical instrument has not only an entirely new and different shape - but has many different tone colourings. With its eight registers and built-in transistorised vibrator - it can imitate the tone colourings of a trumpet - clarinet - saxophone - etc., it would be ideal for small orchestras - pop groups etc. The instrument is here being played by its designer Bohuslav Haus who is head of the electronics department of the Central shops - National Enterprise in Sokolovo, Northern Bohemia.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/31640
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- type:
- photograph and silver gelatin print
- credit:
- Daily Herald Archive
