Electronic Musical Instrument 1870 - 1980
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 Photona
I.Eremeef & L.Stokowski
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 Melodium
Harald Bode
Germany
1938
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
The Sonde
Hugh Le Caine
Canada
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
The Combichord
M. Constant Martin
France
1953
MUSIC I-V Software
Max Mathews
USA
1957
Electro-Theremin
Bob Whitsell
USA
1958
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