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Word: oscillionist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...play music the oscillionist presses down on a keyboard and changes the resistance. This alters the frequency, thereby the pitch. As now constructed the oscillion has a range of five octaves which can easily be increased to eight. Inventors Danforth & Swann deplore the oscillion's higher ranges, expect it will be most useful pinch-hitting for bass clarinet, bassoon, tuba and string bass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Oscillion | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

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