The Stylophone Repair
Today I received a broken Stylophone which I bought off ebay.
I bought it cheap knowing it was faulty and I'm happy to say it's now in full working order.
The speaker needed replacing and a lot of soldering was needed to fix a few components with broken connections, but now it plays perfectly.
The Stylophone is a hand held 
electronic instrument which creates an oscillating square wave with vibrato if needed. It's played using a stylus connected to a wire completing the circuit when pressed on the key pad.
electronic instrument which creates an oscillating square wave with vibrato if needed. It's played using a stylus connected to a wire completing the circuit when pressed on the key pad.It was invented by Brian Jarvis in 1967 and distributed in the early 1970s by a company called Dubreq. Sir Rolf Harris played and promoted the instrument. David Bowie used it on the original recording of 'Space Oddity' and Kraftwerk used it on the album 'Computer World'.
Now I am the proud owner of one I will record some music to publish on this blog to show you what is possible with this primitive electronic instrument and some effects units.
posted by tonefish76 at 3:03 PM
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6 Comments:
I used to have one. No idea where it is now though.
I have now two Stylophones. They look pretty same but sound quite different. Other plays an octave lower than other. Maybe I'll get myself one more..
These instruments are crazy! If you're a little drunk with your friends and people play this thing.. It's so much fun.
Doc Evil
I just found mine in my parents' basement - where can I send it to be repaired? Thanks!
holy, i have one and it´s not working. bought it today. i totally don´t know hoe to fix it. any help somewhere?
I have just bought an original Stylophone on Ebay but does not work. Could you please advise me what could be wrong with it ?
Thanks,
Harvey
I have a stylophone beatbox that only works if the stylus is tilted. It looks like the tip had a thin paint on it that is wearing off. Could you recommend an easy way to fix this?
thanks
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