TOM 1501 Soviet Analog String Synthesizer | ТОМ 1501 электронный музыкальный инструмент, 1985, made in USSR

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Description

Tula's factory of musical instruments "Melodiya". Tom - 1501 is an EMI, that has an orchestral effect. This portable instrument is intended for solo playing musical compositions of any genre. It is also can be successfully used in ensembles. Tom - 1501 is a one-manual keyboard instrument that can play the following soundings: piano, clavesin, orchestrall ensemble, viola, contrabass and wind instruments. 

The instrument consists of the following sections:

• assigning generator
• 12 manipulators
• generator of infralow frequency
• delay line
• brass filter
• block of filters
• output amp
• power block
• volume pedal
• sustain pedal

The only thing that forms all the tones is the main generator. That's why a possibility of instrument's detuning in the process of operation is eliminated. The basis of timbres formation of the instrument is a synthesis of 6 registers on the left side of the keyboard and 5 registers on the right one. Tom - 1501 gives one a possibility to change sounding during playing the composition using such special effects as vibrato, sustain, chorus.

Designer - Gennadiy Terekhov

Specifications:
Number of keyboards 1
Total volume of keyboard 5 1/12 octave
Total audible range 6 1/12 octave
Volume of bass section 2 octave
Number of registers 7
The generator has a frequency stability of max 0,3%
Accuracy of pitch 0,035%
Frequency modulation of the basic tone max +/- 3%
Tones pitch retuning of the instrument +/- 6%
Rated outlet voltage in a load on outputs, V
- mono 0,3
- stereo 0,2
- piano 0,2
headphone (in a load 8 Om) 0,3
Level background/noise in a pause max 55 dB
power consumption max 15 W
Mains voltage (50Hz) 220+10 V
dimensions 920х360х195 mm
weight (upright not included) max 13 kg