120 Years of Electronic Music

The Electromechanical Piano (1867)

The little information that exists regarding this isntrument is as follows: The "The Electromechanical Piano" was invented in 1867 by a Msr Hipps, the director of the Neuchatel Telegraph Factory in Switzerland. "The Electromechanical Piano" seems to have used electromagnets and dynamos to generate musical tones.

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