5 10 337 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/b91f492f7d9f9763298733ac04bfd618.jpg 5b2cfb80b31373bd62594da8aec4eee3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reflection 2004 Description An account of the resource Elaine Miles is an artist with a 25-year career that revolves around the ancient craft of glass making. For over 15-years Miles has embraced an intuitive approach to exploring the potential of glass as sound material (or as a source of ‘free’ form melody). Miles’ hand-blown glass has been heard and seen in exhibitions, recordings and live performances nationally and internationally. Arguably the most significant collaboration of Miles’ career has been with Speak Percussion’s Director, percussionist and composer Eugene Ughetti. Miles and Ughetti collaborated from 2005 to 2010 under the name The Glass Percussion Project (GPP), with an evolution built alongside and intertwined with Ughetti’s involvement with Speak Percussion. These hand-blown glass gongs were first played by musicians in Elaine’s lounge room in 2004. They were arranged into Balinese Pelog scales and resonated with sounds like Gamelans. When Eugene Ughetti first saw the glass gongs at Miles’ home in 2005, he conceptualised a different approach to how the gongs could be sounded. This was realised through the following years of Miles’ and Ughetti’s collaboration. When the gongs were played as part of The Glass Percussion Project, Ughetti brought a strong interest in what he called “new tuning systems”. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elaine Miles Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived On loan to the Grainger Museum from Elaine Miles Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2004. Display in Grainger Museum 2019 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context On loan from Elaine Miles https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/c2f3416456f0c359d78fd2fcb4b5c3b5.JPG df0c6030df325b43d2ffa17e984bfde7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource EMS Spectre video synthesizer Subject The topic of the resource EMS Spectre video synthesizer Description An account of the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London, EMS Spectre video synthesizer, 1974–75 Metal, plastic, electronic components On loan from MESS Ltd Designed by Richard Monkhouse of EMS, the Spectre is a hybrid video synthesizer, combining both analogue and digital techniques. It uses the EMS patchboard system to allow completely flexible connections between module inputs and outputs. The video signals are digital, but they are controlled by analogue voltages. The instrument includes a digital patchboard for image composition, and an analogue patchboard for motion control. The prototype was said to have been used to provide a projected light show for an early Tangerine Dream concert at the London Rainbow. This particular instrument is not part of the Grainger Museum Electronic Music Studio. It is currently on loan to the MESS Collection. It was recently rediscovered by David Chesworth, literally ‘under the bed’ of a friend, who had been minding it for the owners who had moved overseas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Electronic Music Studios (Richard Monkhouse), Ltd, London Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1974-1975 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Instrument https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/06520c8162a7b5fb072417a78fdb214c.JPG 2a2a2c427ffd84e544c49f29aacaac4c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource EMS Vocoder Subject The topic of the resource EMS Vocoder Description An account of the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London, EMS Vocoder, late 1970s Metal, plastic, electronic components On loan from MESS Ltd EMS first released a large Vocoder in 1976, and this simplified, lower-cost, compact version was released the following year. The instrument was designed for use with the human voice. EMS promotional material for the instrument stated: Its main purpose is to impose the articulation of a voice onto another sound, thereby making it speak or sing. Such sounds (excitations) can be derived from any audio source: for instance musical sounds from an organ, guitar or symphony orchestra; unmusical sounds such as the roar of an aeroplane, the snarl of a lion, the clatter of a typewriter and the synthetic sounds such as a synthesizer or the Vocoder’s own voltage controlled oscillator or noise generator. In each case the sounds are made to talk or sing or resonate with the intonation, expression and meaning of an input voice, which may be derived live from a microphone or from a recording. It is of course possible to impose the articulation of a non-speech sound on to the excitation. For instance, the characteristics of a violin on to those of a saxophone … In this way, musicians who are not expert in synthesizers can produce marvellous effects with the minimum of electronic technique by mainly relying on their own musical expertise. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Late 1970's Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Instrument https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/a272f58cc114eafe81466beb3d6eef69.jpg cc753a75d5fc756f83361e747e0db0ce https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/cc01b62ce0b71d783f7dfba886dd46f9.JPG c86dab00647b0390d343759c447d8020 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Synthi A (Suitcase VCS3) Subject The topic of the resource Synthi A (Suitcase VCS3) Description An account of the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London, Synthi A (Suitcase VCS3), 1971 Metal, plastic, electronic components On loan from MESS Ltd The Synthi A was designed for portability, and was built into a Spartanite attaché case with a carry-handle. This instrument allowed musicians to easily take their synthesizer from the studio to the stage. In 1972, EMS added a built-in touch keyboard and sequencer to the instrument, then called the Synthi AKS. Pink Floyd used the Synthi A on the songs ‘Time’ and ‘On the Run’ on their album Dark Side of the Moon (1973). The German band Kraftwerk used the Synthi A on the 1974 album Autobahn. Jean-Michel Jarre featured the Synthi AKS on his albums Oxygène (1976) and Equinoxe (1978). Brian Eno, with his band Roxy Music, used the Synthi A extensively for avant-garde rock as well as ambient music. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1971 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Instrument Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photography by Kristoffer Paulsen Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Photograph courtesy MESS Ltd https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/1cce930ae507fefa1bb2193f0f19a11d.jpg a0797a1e60f34b5ad372424db43fcdf8 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/b88109ec9b8030ac8dcb18f619a8362d.jpg ae75e2430cbe572f48963edef70228fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource EMS VCS3 synthesizer Subject The topic of the resource EMS VCS3 synthesizer Description An account of the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London, EMS VCS3 synthesizer, 1970 Metal, plastic, electronic components On loan from MESS Ltd The VCS3 is significant in that it was the first viable commercial European synthesizer. Launched in 1969 by EMS, it had a wide array of sound-producing and sound-modifying devices that could be freely interconnected. Like the VCS1, the VCS3 could process external sounds as well as generate them internally. Importantly for contemporary musicians, the instrument was compact and modestly priced. It cost less than one-fifth of the price of an equivalent Moog synthesizer, the only other real commercial competition. The ‘Pin Panel Matrix’ for patching is one of the VCS3’s most distinctive features. Tristram Cary designed the instrument in the new ‘L-shape’, so that the machine could be used at a desk as a teaching machine, and for demonstrations, as well as composition. This VCS3 was part of the Grainger Centre electronic equipment, bought by Keith Humble in the early 1970s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Instrument Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photography by Amber Haines Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Image courtesy MESS Ltd https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/6aec907e8895fb92ed089dff82d7eb0e.jpg 08705cfa7a216a8a3c425260788ab595 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VCS1 (Don Banks Music Box), c.1968–69, in the Optronics Unit built by Graham Thirkell Subject The topic of the resource VCS1 (Don Banks Music Box), c.1968–69, in the Optronics Unit built by Graham Thirkell Description An account of the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London, VCS1 (Don Banks Music Box), c.1968–69, in the Optronics Unit built by Graham Thirkell, c. early 1970s. Collection MESS Ltd Metal, plastic, electronic components, wood On loan from MESS Ltd The story of the Don Banks Music Box is a legend in the electronic music world. Australian experimental musician Don Banks was frustrated with the lack of facilities for composers to learn about the new language of electronic music. In 1968 he approached the key figures of the EMS company in London, Peter Zinovieff, David Cockerell and Tristram Cary, asking them to design an affordable instrument that incorporated all the basic features available at the time in sound synthesis. In David Cockerell’s words, Banks was ‘an avant-garde composer who wanted an electronic box of tricks’. The resulting machine was called the ‘Don Banks Music Box’, and retrospectively named the ‘VCS’ or Voltage Controlled Studio, no 1. Only three were made. Banks wrote: ‘Thank heaven for the age of miniaturisation because this was small enough for me to take to bed with headphones, and to start to explore a new world of sound.’ When Keith Humble, with Bank’s advice, ordered the first analogue synthesizer for the Grainger Museum in the late 1960s, one of these three VCS1 instruments was sent to Melbourne. The VCS1 was built into a larger unit by Melbourne audio pioneer Graham Thirkell at his company ‘Optronics’. The VCS1 synthesizer is in the bottom right of the unit, and the unit also contains an early EMS twin ring modulator at top right. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London (Don Banks, and Graham Thirkell) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. early 1970s Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Instrument Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photograph by Amber Haines Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Image courtesy MESS Ltd https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/2be87a24665d72e707096caa8a59825f.JPG e6350ac99de6cf4ca31b1978e128b9f2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ella Grainger, Self-Portrait Description An account of the resource Ella Grainger became an expert player of her husband’s compositions using the bells and steel marimba, under Percy’s tutelage, despite having no formal musical training. She played the bells on tours across America in the period 1929-33, and in Australia and New Zealand in 1934-35. In this painting she is wearing one of the items of towel clothing that she and Percy created in the 1930s (see object accession number 04.5382) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ella Grainger (née Ström) (artist) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Grainger Museum Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c.1941 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 00.5015 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/7814c07eaea6fcef821f1221532d2fce.jpg 313b8c510f5ec8f32822b10f29ff4d83 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/8395e8773b41baa239b782d64599500e.jpg 3096e668803214b93df323815e2d849c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Blue and white towelling jacket created and worn by Ella Grainger Subject The topic of the resource costume; towelling Description An account of the resource Pale blue and white towelling jacket with full sleeves (pink and blue spotted stripes on outer side of sleeve) gathered at the wrist. The jacket is fastened at the left shoulder with 2 large red plastic buttons and laces up at the centre back seam. The initials ESG are found on the lower left front and the neck is bound with blue cotton. Size: Bodice: length 62.5cm x width 55.5cm Size: Sleeves each: length 54cm x width (at widest point) 52cm Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ella Viola Grainger Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Grainger Museum Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1934 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grainger Museum Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 04.5232 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/b510ebe979d37bd1d816230bc329a0fc.JPG 693b0acee5406af15771eb2220b1a0b2 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/3ca875818d25783a371a7c6438b49d0c.jpg 07725a048deb166882ec7c45e413c4ea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jacket Subject The topic of the resource costume; towelling clothing Description An account of the resource Jacket created and worn by Ella Grainger, using towels purchased in Australia in the 1930s. Pink towelling jacket with high collar, cream and apricot stripes either side of centre front opening. Machine sewn using manufactured towels. Towel label reads "CANNON - fine quality". Size: 67 x 43 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ella Viola Grainger Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Grainger Museum Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1934 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 04.5382 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/54990425025195a58a431b02af2b27fe.JPG fcf9996bfd7d90b3ed3e69bbb145b041 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Percy Grainger, 'Laird of Art' Subject The topic of the resource painting; towelling costume Description An account of the resource Oil on canvas. Size including frame: 113.5 x 70.5cm Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ella Viola Grainger (née Ström) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Grainger Museum Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 00.5010