Talk:Telharmonium

Why is there an "exaggeration" link on "670 kilowatts"
This isn't Everything2. 64.72.88.238 (talk) 19:42, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

670 kilowatts?
Some clues as to how it possibly draw 670 kilowatts of power, (670 Horsepower? 670 toasters?) would be nice. I can't imagine how. Also, the Article on Hammond Organs claims the tonewheel was invented then, several decades later. Waz up? And what's the purpose of the (zero, no-info) patent image? ……Seems trumpy. --2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:9453:DE3D:222A:367E (talk) 04:24, 28 January 2018 (UTC)Doug Bashford


 * It does seem very unlikely, considering you can light up a good-sized football stadium with "only" about 500 kw.
 * AndyFielding (talk) 03:23, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:9453:DE3D:222A:367E I must say I was sceptical as well, but I searched for "671" in ref. 5 (the Magic Music from the Telharmonium one) and found
 * "The alternators varied in power output from 10 to 20 hp; assuming an average power of 15 hp, the entire complement totaled 1.57 megawatts. With 50 or 60 alternators on the line at any one time, the instantaneous power output would normally have been about 671 kw."
 * So it's using 50 or 60 15-horsepower generators . . . Musiconeologist (talk) 02:02, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Typo at top of History section?

 * ''Cahill built three versions: The Mark I weighed 7 tons. The Mark II weighed almost 210 tons, as did the Mark III."

I'm thinking that should probably say "21 tons", but I'll leave the change to someone who knows. – AndyFielding (talk) 03:13, 14 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm tagging it. The Statue of Liberty weighs around that much. 70.163.208.142 (talk) 22:45, 15 March 2023 (UTC)