Was the Telharmonium the first-ever streaming service?
Delving into the invention of the Telharmonium in the late 1800s, an organ that subscribers could listen to from the comfort of their own home.
10 Seemingly Modern Gadgets That Have Been Around Way Longer Than You'd Think
Many of the modern pieces of technology you use everyday actually evolved out of prior inventions that, in some cases, date ...
What was the first electrical instrument?
When it comes to new innovations in music, we really have come a long way in a very short space of time. But what was the ...
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Where Did Electronic Music Start?
If you own a synthesiser, the Telharmonium is its daddy. Anyone reading around the subject soon discovers that there are several different facets to synthesised music which are collectively ...
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This massive study compares 2,368 synths, samplers and drum machines from 1896 to the present day - and the results might surprise you
In creating his dataset, Gabbai collected information on 2368 devices ranging from the world’s first electromechanical instrument - the Telharmonium, designed in 1896 - all the way through to ...
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player piano
If you own a synthesiser, the Telharmonium is its daddy. Anyone reading around the subject soon discovers that there are several different facets to synthesised music which are collectively ...
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Presentation to the Electroacoustic Music Studies Conference 2007
Even the early Telharmonium was piped into upscale restaurants in New York to create a pleasant musical ambience &endash; and coincidentally to increase liquor consumption, a side-effect that has been ...
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On technology and hype..
The answer, realised Cahill, was to make it out of electricity. His solution was a huge musical machine called the Telharmonium. One of the first electronic instruments in history, it was capable of a ...