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A.W. Faber-Castell | Laukhuff Orgelpfeifen | Desktop Music Organ Pipes - System Rensch | thick plastic | Specially commissioned by German organ builder Laukhuff (still operating) for scaling organ pipes (wood/metal flues & reeds) based on copyrighted design by German Richard Rensch (1923-1997) but preceded by German Wolfgang Adelung’s earlier (simpler) version - extremely complicated to use (cursor extension + graph paper needed for interim calculations) - superb quality but only 500 ever made - Orgelbau-Verlag started selling their own (inferior) version in 1986 |
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Aero Products Research Inc. | ERJAVEC | Music Composition | plastic | Slide chart copyrighted Music Theory Wheel design by Donald L. Erjavec |
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Blundell Harling Ltd. (BH) | P3679 | Music Chord Computer | plastic/metal | Slide chart specially commissioned by UK copyright holder Dudely Fulller Associates - design invented by musician Dudley Fuller |
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Blundell Harling Ltd. (BH) | P5731 | Music Note Tracker | plastic | Slide chart made for UK patent holder (GB2245409) Peter Davies. |
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Co Atpress | Het Ei van Co | Music Chords | plastic/paper | Slide chart (later version) copyright designed & retailed by Co Atpress (“coat press” nickname = pseudonym for Kees Jaspers) for simply finding any chord on any string or keyboard instrument + Kees was a a bassist & member of Dutch bands Down Town Jazz Band, Dixieland Pipers & Dutch Swing College Band |
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Co Atpress | Het Ei van Co | Music Chords - early | plastic/paper | Slide chart copyright designed & retailed by Co Atpress (“coat press” nickname = pseudonym for Kees Jaspers) for simply finding any chord on any string or keyboard instrument + Kees was a bassist & member of Dutch bands Down Town Jazz Band, Dixieland Pipers & Dutch Swing College Band |
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Datalizer Slide Charts Inc. | Chord Board | Music Chord Finder & Key Transposer | card | Slide chart copyrighted design by Martin H. Samuel - later replaced by a phone App |
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DEVCO | Tel-A-Chord | Music Composition & Transposer | card | Slide chart design by Victor Leone for accordion playing |
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Festus Mfg. Co. / Acu-Rule Mfg. Co. | Acu-Rule MR700 Mu-Stick | Music Chord Finder & Key Transposer | plastic | Unlike any other Acu-Rule or music type - design copyright Mel McSwain - sole distributor: McSwain Co., Arkansas |
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IWA (Ingenieurbuero fuer wirtschaftliches Arbeiten) | 15379 (TF 65/2) | Music Piano & Harpsichord Builders | plastic | Specially commissioned (2500 made) & exclusively sold by German music retailer Verlag Erwin Bochinsky (trading name Verlag Das Musikinstrument) + based on earlier prototype by German master piano builder Klaus Fenner for wound & unwound strings + calibrated for imperial & metric sizes + table on back for recalibrating steel core wound strings - part of sundry applications series |
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Kembo-Cuisenaire | MasterKey | Music Transposer poly-slide (2) | plastic | Thick plastic construction with copyrighted design by Australian A.B. Packer + later version was duplex blue & white |
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Lawrence Engineering Services | 9-K | Music Transposer | Wood/painted | For constructing chords in any key & transposing one key to any other |
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Lawrence Engineering Services | L.E. Waddington | Music & Music Acoustics | wood/painted | Specially commissioned by L.E. Waddington for adjusting relative vibration rates, degrees of scale, intervals, chord structures, scale indications & transposition data against a piano keyboard - based on several standard frequency level specifications - layout © L.E. Waddington - Reference Frequency table in well - Subscript Notation, Instrument tables, Time Signatures & nomograms on back |
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Lawrence Engineering Services | Thomas | Music Composition & Transposer | wood/painted | Specially commissioned by Thomas Specialities for composing, transposing or creating harmonies - layout © Thomas |
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M & M Enterprises | Circle-O-Keys | Pocket Music Composition | card | Slide chart patented (US2079920) design by Thomas J. Ozanda for musical signatures of various major & major keys |
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Mears, Neal F. | Marvel | Music Transposer | card | Slide chart copyrighted design by Neal F. Mears & promoted as: The Slide-Rule of Music |
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MuseLab Inc. | Bluesession | Music Teaching Guitar Playing | plastic | Slide chart patented (US5386757) design by Daniel Derrick displaying fingering patterns for 6-string rock & blues guitar |
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Music Rule Co. | Music Rule | Music Piano Sharps & Flats | card | Slide chart for finding sharps & flats for a given key on piano keyboard |
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Musigraph Company | 100 | Music Composing & Arranging | plastic | Designed by two professional musicians for professional composers/arrangers + supposedly only 5000 ever made |
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Muziekuitgeverij van Teeseling | VT180 Guitar-Disk | Music Guitar Composition | plastic | Slide chart copyrighted by Dutch publishers for finding guitar keys (front) & guitar chords (back) |
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Norwood Enterprises | FPB-120 | Desktop Music Composition | card | Slide chart copyrighted design & trademarked DIAL-A-CHORD name |
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Oahu Publishing Co. | Magic Music Guide | Music Guitar Chords | card | Slide chart with copyrighted design by John De Paul designed specifically for Hawain guitar |
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Oxford University Press | Musical Slide Rule | Book Music | stiff cardboard | Design of rule & book by tonal fanatic Llewelyn Southworth Lloyd (1876-1956) as introduction to fundamentals of musical scales & intervals - works in the same simple way as Oughtred’s original invention + shows & uses relationship between mathematics & music - slide rule in back |
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Pan American Band Int. Co. | Simplex | Music Fingering for Flute and Piccolo | card | Slide chart copyrighted design published by American Mills Music Inc. |
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Pickett & Eckel | Chords & Keys | Music Composition | card | Slide chart copyrighted design by Lynn T. Harris for organs, pianos & accordions - surprisingly made by manufacturer better known for its aluminium slide rules |
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Rodgers, J.N. Ltd. | Musician's | Music Composition & Transposer | card | Slide chart designed for constructing chords, transposition and general music theory |
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SHUBB | TG1 | Pocket Music Guitar Transposer | card/plastic | Slide chart for transposing chords & placing guide for a capo on guitar fingerboard + UPC 700682010013 or EAN 0700682010013 barcode numbers - still sold |
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Stichting Jazz Beheer Amsterdam | Accoordenschuif | Music Chords | card | Post-WWII Amsterdamse Jazz Club was a nightspot for traditional jazz that later became a non-profit foundation for jazz-related projects as this educational slide chart for learning to improvise through choice of chords + developed by musician, game creator & foundation member Fred Hoorn + it was accompanied by a book & cassette of musical examples |
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Trascacco | (NoName) | Music Guitar Chords | plastic/paper | Slide chart designed by Gianluca Govoni - still sold |
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Trebb Sales | Chord-O-Matic | Music Guitar Chords | card | Slide chart with registered designed specifically for Spanish (flamenco) guitar |
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Uitgeversmaatschappij Interland | Toonliniaal | Book Music do-it-self scales | card | Dutch language book by Anne Klein Geltink for calculating scales, chords & transposing major & minor chord combinations with a do-it-self scale transposition rule in back |
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Unknown | Easy-Keys! | Waistcoat Music Chord Indicator & Transposer | card | Slide chart copyrighted design by American Norton Gross + table chords & chord structure on back |
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Unknown | II3-I05-0I-I3 | Music Guitar Chords | aluminium | Russian slide chart with revolving wheel for choosing chords |
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Unknown | Miraccord | Music Guitar | plastic | Slide chart for choosing guitar chords |
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Unknown | Orgelbau-Fachverlag | Desktop Music Organ Pipes - System Rensch | thin plastic | Made for specialist German music publisher Orgelbau-Fachverlag for scaling organ pipes (wood metal flues & reeds) but a follow-on cheaper & thinner version of original limited high-quality Laukhuff Orgelpfeifen model by F-C + Table of frequencies on back |
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Unknown | Orgelpfeifenmensuren-Rechenstab (ver. 2) | Music Organ Pipes | plastic | Copyrighted design by Dr. Wolfgang Adelung (1920–1994) using Töpfer's index for scaling organ pipes - Adelung was a well-known German organist who published many books related to building & playing of organs + "simpler" predecessor to limited high-quality Laukhuff Orgelpfeifen model by F-C |
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Unknown | Petit & Fritsen (ver. F) | Music Carillons | plastic | Specially commissioned slide chart by Dutch bell foundry (still operating) Petit & Fritsen + designed by Hien Fritsen to help carillonneurs choose optimum set-up of bells (tones) for carillons of 1-46 bells + on back a table to calculate strength of housing needed for a given bell weight when being rung - see also GB & NL versions |
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Unknown | Petit & Fritsen (ver. GB) | Music Carillons | plastic | Specially commissioned slide chart by Dutch bell foundry (still operating) Petit & Fritsen + designed by Hien Fritsen to help carillonneurs choose optimum set-up of bells (tones) for carillons of 1-46 bells + on back a table to calculate strength of housing needed for a given bell weight when being rung - see also NL & F versions |
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Unknown | Petit & Fritsen (ver. NL) | Music Carillons | plastic | Specially commissioned slide chart by Dutch bell foundry (still operating) Petit & Fritsen + designed by Hien Fritsen to help carillonneurs choose optimum set-up of bells (tones) for carillons of 1-46 bells + on back a table to calculate strength of housing needed for a given bell weight when being rung - see also GB & F versions |
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Unknown | Slide Rule of Music | Music Chord Indicator & Transposer poly-slide(3) | stiff cardboard | Designed & copyrighted by American musician Henry E. Pendleton |
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Véma Drukwerk bv | Akkoorden-Vinder | Music Chords | card | Slide chart for any instrument for finding 9 most popular chords for 17 different tones + sibling Table D'Accords green version in French also issued |