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Telharmonium console by Thaddeus Cahill 1897. The Telharmonium (also known as the Dynamophone [1]) was an early electrical organ, developed by Thaddeus Cahill c. 1896 and patented in 1897. [2] [3] [4] The electrical signal from the Telharmonium was transmitted over wires; it was heard on the receiving end by means of "horn" speakers. [5]
Thaddeus Cahill's gargantuan and controversial instrument, the Telharmonium, which began piping music to New York City establishments over the telephone system in 1897, predated the advent of electronics, yet was the first instrument to demonstrate the use of the combination of many different pure electrical waveforms to synthesize real-world ...
Thaddeus Cahill (June 18, 1867 – April 12, 1934) was a prominent american inventor of the early 20th century. He is widely credited with the invention of the first electromechanical musical instrument, which he dubbed the telharmonium.
1896 : Edwin S. Votey completes the first Pianola; 1898 : Valdemar Poulsen patents the Telegraphone; 1906 : Thaddeus Cahill introduces the Telharmonium to the public; 1906 : Lee De Forest invented the Triode, the first vacuum tube; 1910 : Utah Mormon and Nathaniel Baldwin construct the first set of headphones from an operator's headband and ...
Immediate source: The ‘Telharmonium’ or ‘Dynamophone’ Thaddeus Cahill, USA 1897. 120 Years of Electronic Music (120years.net). Date: 1907 (original file) Source: This file was derived from: Telharmonium - Scientific American 1907.png: Author: Telharmonium - Scientific American 1907.png: Unknown author; derivative work: Clusternote
The RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer (nicknamed Victor) was the first programmable electronic synthesizer and the flagship piece of equipment at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. Designed by Herbert Belar and Harry Olson at RCA, with contributions by Vladimir Ussachevsky and Peter Mauzey, it was installed at Columbia University in 1957.
A tonewheel or tone wheel is a simple electromechanical apparatus used for generating electric musical notes in electromechanical organ instruments such as the Hammond organ and in telephony to generate audible signals such as ringing tone. It was developed by Thaddeus Cahill for the telharmonium c. 1896 and patented in 1897. [1]
A number of instruments have been invented, designed, and made, that make sound from matter in its liquid state. This class of instruments is called hydraulophones . Hydraulophones use an incompressible fluid, such as water, as the initial sound-producing medium, and they may also use the hydraulic fluid as a user-interface.