Ear Worms 009 - The Hammond Novachord, Perchance to Dream, and Maya the Cat Girl

The Hammond Novachord was invented in 1938 and commercially released in 1939. It was considered by many to be the first polyphonic synthesizer that was commercially released. Only 1,069 of them were manufactured between 1939 and 1942. After 1942, no more Hammond Novachords were produced. There are very few left today and many of those are refurbished or rebuilt models and replicas. It utilized vacuum tube oscillators unlike its sister, the Hammond organ. We will look at some of the music and other media the Novachord was used in, such as Vera Lynn's "We Will Meet Again" and the Outer Limits TV series, specifically, "The duplicate Man."

We will also look at one of the episodes from the classic TV series the Twilight Zone, Season 01 Episode 09 called Perchance to Dream. This episodes utilized the Hammond Novachord and had a great aesthetics, music, and overall story. It features a character called Maya the Cat Girl.

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