| Instrument |
Inventor |
Country |
Date |
1 8 7 0 |
| The Musical Telegraph |
Elisha
Grey |
USA
|
1876
|
| The Singing Arc |
William
Duddel |
United
Kingdom |
1899
|
| The Telharmonium |
Thaddeus
Cahill |
USA
|
1897
|
1 9 0 0 |
| The Choralcello |
Melvin
Severy |
USA
|
1909
|
| The "Intonarumori" |
Luigi
Russolo |
Italy
|
1913
|
| The Audion Piano |
Lee De
Forest |
USA
|
1915
|
| The Optophonic Piano |
Vladimir
Rossiné |
Soviet
Union |
1916
|
| The Theremin |
Leon
Termen |
Soviet
Union |
1917
|
| 1 9 2
0 |
| The Sphäraphon |
Jörg
Mager |
Germany |
1921
|
| The Staccatone |
Hugo
Gernsbak |
Germany |
1923
|
| The Pianorad |
Hugo
Gernsbak |
Germany |
1926
|
| The Dynaphone |
René
Bertrand |
France |
1927
|
| The Celluphone |
Pierre
Toulon & Krugg Bass |
France |
1927
|
| The Clavier à Lampes |
A.Givelet
& E.Coupleaux |
France |
1927
|
| The Ondes-Martenot |
Maurice
Martenot |
France |
1928
|
|
|
|
|
| Piano Radio-Électrique |
A.Givelet
& E.Coupleaux |
France |
1929
|
| The Givelet |
A.Givelet
& E.Coupleaux |
France |
1929
|
| The Sonorous Cross |
Nikolay
Obukhov |
France |
1929
|
| The Hellertion |
B.Helberger
& P.Lertes |
Germany |
1929
|
1 9 3 0 |
| The Trautonium |
Dr Freidrich
Trautwein |
Germany |
1930
|
| The Ondium Péchadre |
H.
Péchadre |
France |
1930
|
| The Rhythmicon |
Henry Cowell
& Leon Termen |
USA
|
1930
|
| The Theremin Cello |
Leon
Termen |
USA
|
1930
|
| The Westinghouse Organ |
R.C.Hitchock |
USA
|
1930
|
| The Sonar |
N.Anan'yev |
Soviet
Union |
c1930
|
| Saraga-Generator |
Wolja
Saraga |
Germany |
1931
|
| The "Ekvodin" |
Andrei
Volodin & K.Kovalski |
Soviet
Union |
1931
|
| The Trillion Tone Organ |
A. Lesti
& F. Sammis. |
USA
|
1931
|
| The Variophone |
Yevgeny
Sholpo |
Soviet
Union |
1932
|
| The Emiriton |
A.Ivanov
& A.Rimsky-Korsakov |
Soviet
Union |
1932
|
| The Emicon
|
N.Langer |
USA
|
1932
|
| The Rangertone Organ |
Richard
H.Ranger |
USA
|
1932
|
| L'Orgue des Ondes |
Armand
Givelet |
France |
1933
|
| Syntronic Organ |
I.Eremeef
& L.Stokowski |
USA
|
1934
|
| The Polytone Organ
|
A. Lesti
& F. Sammis |
USA |
1934
|
| The Hammond Organ |
Laurens
Hammond |
USA
|
1935
|
| The
Electrochord |
- |
USA
|
1936
|
| The sonothèque |
L.
Lavalée |
France |
1936
|
| The Heliophon
|
Bruno
Hellberger |
Germany |
1936
|
| The Grösstonorgel |
Oskar
Vierling |
Germany |
1936
|
| The Welte Licht-Ton-Orgel |
E.Welte |
Germany |
1936
|
| The Singing Keyboard
|
F. Sammis
|
USA
|
1936
|
| The Warbo Formant organ |
Harald Bode
& C. Warnke |
Germany |
1937
|
| The Kaleidophon |
Jörg
Mager |
Germany |
1939
|
| The Novachord |
L Hammond
& C.N.Williams |
USA
|
1939
|
1 9 4 0 |
| The Voder & Vocoder |
Homer
Dudley |
USA
|
1940
|
| The Univox |
Univox
Co. |
UK
|
1940
|
| The Multimonica |
Harald
Bode |
Germany |
1940
|
| The
Pianophon |
- |
- |
1940
|
| The Ondioline |
Georges
Jenny |
France |
1940
|
| The Solovox |
Hammond
Organs Company |
USA |
1940
|
| The Electronic Sackbut |
Hugh Le
Caine |
Canada |
1945
|
| The Tuttivox |
Harald
Bode |
USA
|
1946
|
| Hanert Electric Orchestra |
J.
Hanert |
USA
|
1945
|
| The Minshall
Organ |
- |
USA |
1947
|
| The Clavioline |
M. Constant
Martin |
France |
1947
|
| The Melochord |
Harald
Bode |
Germany |
1947
|
| The Monochord |
Dr Freidrich
Trautwein |
Germany |
1948
|
| The Free Music Machine |
Percy
Grainger & Burnett Cross |
USA/Australia |
1948
|
1 9 5 0 |
| The Electronium Pi |
René
Seybold |
Germany |
1950
|
| The Polychord Organ |
Harald
Bode |
USA
|
1950
|
| Dr Kent's Electronic Music
Box |
Dr Earle
Kent |
USA
|
1951
|
| The Clavivox |
Raymond
Scott |
USA
|
1952
|
| The RCA Synthesiser I & II
|
Harry Olsen
& Hebert Belar |
USA
|
1952
|
| The Composertron |
Osmond
Kendall |
Canada |
1953
|
| MUSIC I-V Software |
Max
Mathews |
USA
|
1957
|
| Oramics |
Daphne
Oram |
United
Kingdom |
1959
|
| The Siemens Synthesiser |
H.Klein
& W.Schaaf |
Germany |
1959
|
| The Side Man |
Wurlitzer |
USA
|
1959
|
1 9 6 0 |
| Milan Electronic Music Studio
|
director:
Luciano Berio |
Italy
|
1960 |
| Moog Synthesisers |
Robert
Moog |
USA
|
1963
|
| The Mellotron &
Chamberlin |
Leslie
Bradley |
United
Kingdom |
1963
|
| Buchla Synthesisers |
Donald
Buchla |
USA
|
1963
|
| The Donca-Matic DA-20 |
Keio
Corp |
Japan
|
1963
|
| The Synket |
Paul
Ketoff |
United
Kingdom |
1963
|
| Tonus/ARP Synthesisers |
Philip
Dodds |
USA
|
1964
|
| PAiA Electronics, Inc |
John Paia
Simonton |
USA
|
1967
|
| MUSYS Software |
David
Cockrell & Peter Grogno |
United
Kingdom |
1968
|
| EMS Synthesisers |
Peter
Zinovieff & David Cockrell |
United
Kingdom |
1969
|
1 9 7 0 |
| GROOVE System |
Max
Mathews |
USA
|
1970
|
| The Optigan |
Mattel
Inc. |
USA
|
1970
|
| The Electronium-Scott |
Raymond
Scott |
USA
|
1970
|
| Con Brio Synthesisers |
- |
USA
|
1971
|
| Roland Synthesisers |
Roland
Corporation |
Japan
|
1972
|
| Maplin Synthesisers |
Trevor G
Marshall |
Australia/USA |
1973
|
| The Synclavier |
New England
Digital Corporation |
USA
|
1975
|
| Korg Synthesisers |
Korg
|
Japan
|
1975
|
| EVI wind
instrument |
Nyle
Steiner |
USA
|
1975
|
| EDP Wasp |
Chris
Hugget |
UK
|
1978
|
| Yamaha Synthesisers |
Yamaha
Corp |
Japan
|
1976
|
| PPG Synthesisers |
Wolfgang
Palm |
Germany |
1975
|
| Oberheim Synthesisers |
Thomas
Oberheim |
USA
|
1978
|
| Serge Synthesisers |
- |
- |
1979
|
| The Fairlight CMI |
Peter Vogel
& Kim Ryrie |
Australia |
1979
|
1 9 8 0 |
| Simmons Drum
Synthesisers |
Simmons |
UK
|
1980
|
| Casio Synthesisers |
Casio
Ltd |
Japan
|
1981
|
| The McLeyvier |
David
McLey |
USA
|
1981
|
| Kawai Synthesiser |
Kawai
Musical Instrument Co |
Japan
|
- |
| The Emulator |
Emu
Systems |
USA
|
1981
|
| Waldorf |
|
Germany |
- |
| Oxford Synthesiser Company
|
Chris
Hugget |
United
Kingdom |
1983
|
| Akai Musical Instruments |
Akai
Corporation |
Japan
|
1984
|
| Ensoniq Synthesisers &
Samplers |
- |
USA
|
1985
|
| Steinberg
Software |
Steinberg |
Germany |
-
|
| GEM Synthesisers |
- |
- |
- |
| Crumar Synthesisers |
- |
- |
- |
| Kurzweil
Synthesisers/Samplers |
Raymond
Kurzweill |
USA/Korea |
1983
|
| Sequential
Circuits |
- |
USA
|
- |
| Alesis Corporation |
Keith
Barr |
USA
|
1984 |
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