Thomas Wilfred's "Clavilux Junior"

Thomas Wilfred's "Clavilux Junior," Clavilux Laboratories, New York, May 1930, walnut veneered Art Deco cabinet housing the convex white screen, upper and lower colored bulbs in the upper section of the cabinet, bottom section with remote control, pierced disc turntable to allow light to filter through for projection of colored glass discs, light projection tube, and disc storage, original typed label reading The Clavilux Junior Model P. X K 100-CW Patented #85 May 1930 This instrument sold for amateur use only. It can not be used for lecturing, advertising or for any public display. Thomas Wilfred , clear 8-in. glass disc with five various prism shapes, six colored disc with labels reading in part Clavilux Junior with record numbers OP 72 through OP 76, six clear glass discs, cabinet ht. 68 in. Note: The Clavilux, developed in the early 1920s by Thomas Wilfred, was the first and most famous experimental color-instrument, at that time referred to as "Lumia." The Clavilux employed several projectors and filters that allowed light to dance across the screen which was controlled by a keyboard or console comprising of sliders. A complicated arrangement of prisms that could be twisted or distorted on a plane in front of the light source with the color strength being manipulated by separate rheostats which was operated by the performer or artist. Introduced in New York in 1922, in 1925 the Clavilux went on an extensive recital tour throughout the Unites States, Canada, and Eur Read more…