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The history of electronic musical instruments from 1800 to 2019

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The 'Musical Telegraph' or 'Electro-Harmonic Telegraph', Elisha Gray. USA, 1874
The 'Orgue des Ondes' Armand Givelet & Edouard Eloi Coupleux, France. 1929
the 'Clavier à Lampe' (1927), 'Automatic Electrical Musical Instrument' (1929) and 'Orgue Radioélectrique'. Joseph Armand Marie Givelet, France. 1927
The 'Ether Wave Violin' or 'Aetherwellengeige' Erich Zitzmann-Zirini, Germany 1934
The 'Subharchord', Gerhard Steinke & Ernst Schreiber , Germany (DDR), 1960
The 'Variophone' Yevgeny Sholpo. Russia, 1932
The 'Choralcelo' Melvin Linwood Severy & George.B. Sinclair. USA, 1909
The Wurlitzer 'Side Man' Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, USA, 1959
The 'Electronic Keyboard Oboe', 'the Elastic Tuning Organ' and 'Electronic Keyboard Drum'. Ivor Darreg. USA 1936.
'Sound-Producing Device' Melvin Linwood Severy, USA. 1913

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Left to right- Dartmouth’s Sydney A. Alonso, Jon Appleton and Cameron Jones listen to Appleton playing a Synclavier I, ca. 1977.

L-R S Alonso, Jon Appleton, Cameron Jones at the Synclavier II

L-R S Alonso, Jon Appleton, Cameron Jones at the Synclavier II

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L-R S Alonso, Jon Appleton, Cameron Jones at the Synclavier II

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Posted on April 7, 2014Full size 276 × 182Leave a comment on Left to right- Dartmouth’s Sydney A. Alonso, Jon Appleton and Cameron Jones listen to Appleton playing a Synclavier I, ca. 1977.

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Published inThe Synclavier I & II. Jon Appleton, Sydney Alonso & Cameron Jones. USA, 1977

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