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It’s interesting to see her how the focus is primarily on the creation of instruments on which one could perform western tempered music (as opposed to music concrete or noise-music). Although those more avant garde approaches to electronic music would come soon, this earlier approach – the electronic (as opposed to bellows) organ, the violin-simulating theremin – seems to be what has won out. Eighty years later, most of us are not usually listening to atonal clusters of carefully organized noise – we’re still mostly listened to very diatonic, 4/4 folk-songs (essentially) performed and presented via wholly electronic means.
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How about the Tele-harmonium by Cahill, patented in 1898 !! or the Novachord by Hammond, two very distinctive instruments way ahead of their time ....!!
The Tele-harmonium was actually the precursor to Hammond's tone wheel organ only the tele-harmonium was built before amplification so Cahill's tone wheels were hugh (along with the entire instrument) because they drove current directly into the phone lines ... - here's a link to some info on the instrument http://www.synthmuseum.com/magazine/0102jw.html
The Novacord went into production in 1939, only a little over 1000 were made, here's a link for some information. http://www.synthmuseum.com/hammond/hamnovachord01.html
You can also search Youtube for actual recordings of restored units .. very cool .... and you thought the past was all "bear skins and stone knives !!!"