This piece is modeled after a device invented by Dr. William Neff, the famous Otolaryngologist in 1911, to assist the partially deaf to sense sounds by converting them to visual images. Now we use an electroluminescent front panel to display the sounds in tone and coupled to a radial display of intensity on the top. A Bluetooth player is inside but visual displays work independently of the BT feature.

The sound is loud and clear with a tone reminiscent of old phonographs. Great for old time music. On its sides are alternate flashing vintage vacuum tubes while LEDs underneath cast an ethereal glow. The case is from an 1890s mantle clock. Nipper, the RCA logo dog is vintage cast iron piggy bank.

16w x 22" high. Less than 10W from 12V adapter, include with the VGL lifetime guarantee.

Bluetooth Connection# WIN668

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This tall Fantasy Machine is an assemblage of the very old with the new, with multiple lights, motion, plasma devices and electricity to captivate the viewer. The visual and audible effects of the rising Jacob s Ladder plasma is captivating. Here is a Sensational Assemblage on steroids, at the intersection of art and technology. It is constructed to be a plausible machine used for time navigation in Wormholes. First the navigator would direct the ship to the vicinity of a wormhole by viewing the plasma storms in the display. Once close, the plasma would be torn apart by the high voltage, and the tachyon particles collected by the rotating antenna. They would be stored in the flux capacitor. Once charged, the navigator can chose to move forwards or backwards in the wormhole as the clock spins to show the distance traveled.

Many intersecting questions are created here to engage the viewer. Why is a 1900 vintage Gilbert clock housing a tachyon plasma display? The original brass movement was transmogrified into a wormhole time gauge while an antique porcelain switch controls the direction of time travel. The many anachronisms bring into question issues of time, place and space. How did it get here? Who used it? How does it work?

This piece is the result of over six months of work, including four months of high voltage experiments to invent a , solid state Jacob's Ladder which produces 25,000 volts as it climbs the electrodes, encased in a borosilicate glass tube. The second story is an oak file card box from the 1950s, while interesting brass and copper repurposed pieces used in this assemblage include three oilers and a boiler safety valve. The meters on either side read volts and amps and function as the Jacob's Ladder sparks and the motor turns the antenna on top.

This piece is truly one of a kind. No one else but Vandegraaff Laboratories has the technology and skill to produce such a piece, with a solid state Jacobs Ladder, motors, plasma balls and side-emitting fiber optic illumination.

The unit stands 38" tall and is 22 inches wide.

Watch the Sparks Fly on the video!

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WORMHOLE NAV UNIT MKII

Technology marches on in this, the improved 2nd generation, Wormnhole Navigation Unit. Brighter now with side emitting fiber optics replacing the EL wire on the first generation, while the celluloid columns on this 1880s Seth Thomas Adamantine clock are now illuminated. The horizontal green neon, a new feature with an interesting squiggly effect, balances the verticality of the piece.

Improving the navigation range is the addition of a moving year display concatenated with the clock. This year display is a vintage water meter behind a magnifying acrylic dome. The larger rotary wheel controls the direction of time travel for both the clock and the year, while the smaller wheel controls the speed of both The piece has a baroque feel with more ornate handles, jeweled rotating antenna, embossed brass trim, and a glossy back patina with copper rubbings.

The Jacobs Ladder, controlled by a switch, climbs 18” with its fat plasma arc.

This is the epitome of a Sensation Assemblage with lights, motion, and the sound of the plasma arc, not to mention a whiff of ozone.

With glass chimney it stands 42”H, 22”wide x 10” deep.

WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW

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If Bluetooth had been invented in the 1930s, here is how such a music player would have looked. The base is a very ornate 1900 vintage mantle clock which has been enhanced by solid brass columns, capitals and bases and embossed Italian brass trim. Its clock face has been replaced by an electroluminescent panel that responds to sound frequency and volume behind a solid brass convex glass bezel. The music comes out of a 1920 vintage phonograph wood horn. On top is a panoply of vintage electronics, with numerous LEDs and and a neon lamp. On the sides are matching green neon lights, controlled by the dimmer wheel.

This is a stunning, attention-getting piece with great sound. Even if you don't use the Bluetooth feature, the display will respond to any sounds or music in the room.

21" wide and 24" high. Less than 18 watts from included 12V wall adapter

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The magical "SPARK" device was first noticed in an old photograph of Nicola Tesla. appearing behind him on a library shelf. Later it traveled into the hands of Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse always providing that "spark". It was lost until it resurfaced in a Salt Lake City thrift shop. Examined and refurbished by Vandegraaff Gearheardt Laboratories, the "spark" recurs periodically so goggles have been added to insure the safety of bystanders.

All LED so it consumes less than 2W from included 12V adapter so it can be left on. 16"H x 9"W

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