Novachord

[ noh-vuh-kawrd ]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a keyboard instrument resembling in shape an upright piano, operating by electronic tone generation and providing a great variety of tone colors.

Example Sentences

Her first recording of the song took place later that year, accompanied by Arthur Young on a new instrument called the Hammond Novachord, the world's first commercially-available polyphonic synthesizer.

From BBC

The collection offers expansive selections in early blues, bluegrass, yodeling, and, as Jessica Thompson of Coast Mastering notes, even several Novachord synthesizer recordings from 1941.

From The Verge

Previous attempts at synthesiser-type instruments, such as the Hammond Novachord or the hulking United States Air Force-constructed RCA Mark II, generated sound using hundreds of individual vacuum tubes.

From The Guardian