Funkschau described the Schlagzeug S and Böhmat S system in 1975. The self-build percussion and automatic accompaniment could be installed in a Böhm organ or housed in a freestanding Böhmat-Compact cabinet. A Swedish listing documents a regional offer in 1977.
Reference archive
The Böhm lives in the details.
The Beatboxer reference keeps the Böhmat S in view as an individual instrument. Its value is simple: the reader can see the machine while the historical account stays attached to the exact label.
View the Böhmat S reference ↗The machine in the record
Jimi Tenor / Wormhole Mystic.
Wormhole Mystic’s release copy puts a Dr. Böhm Böhmat S among the vintage rhythm machines behind its initial programmed loops. It is an album-wide equipment account, not a track allocation, and it gives the Böhmat a present-tense musical return.
Read Jimi Tenor — Wormhole Mystic ↗On record
- Jimi Tenor — Wormhole Mystic. Wormhole Mystic’s release copy places a Dr. Böhm Böhmat S among the vintage rhythm machines from which its initial programmed loops were made. Source ↗
Rhythm for the organ builder
Build the rhythm section into an organ, or give it a cabinet of its own. The Böhmat S belonged to Dr. Böhm’s self-build instrument system, working with the Schlagzeug S percussion section. Funkschau’s 1975 technical article describes eleven percussion voices and four variations per rhythm; the Böhmat-Compact option put that accompaniment beside the player as a separate unit.
More than a preset selector
The preset keys can stay selected together, letting rhythms combine. Beatboxer’s account of a surviving unit describes sliders for tempo, bass-drum level, cymbal length and the balance between percussion and accompaniment. A single-digit display counts quarter-note beats rather than displaying a numerical tempo. The same account identifies controls for muting percussion and adding a roll, while leaving some other button functions unresolved.
Dr Böhm Böhmat S(olist) ↗ Elektronisches Schlagzeug und Orgelbegleitautomat ↗
Across the counter in Stockholm
In 1977, a Swedish price table offered Schlagzeug S with Böhmat S for 2,890 kronor through Malmstens Musik AB, Böhm’s representative. It puts a price beside the pairing of automatic accompaniment and electronic percussion. The organ installation and separate cabinet gave a builder two ways to place that rhythm system in a working setup.
Sources
The visual archive