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Its first fully electronic turntables. The first industrially manufactured car radio, the "Philco Transitone" from the "Storage Battery Co." in Philadelphia, USA, comes on the market. The first shortwave radio – Rundfunkübertragung overseas broadcast by the station PCJJ the Philips factories in Eindhoven in the Dutch colonies.
1940 : Homer W. Dudley introduced the Voder Speech Synthesizer; 1940 : The Hammond Organ Company releases the Solovox; 1941 : Commercial FM broadcasting begins in the US; 1944 : Halim El-Dabh produces The Expression of Zaar, the earliest piece of electroacoustic tape music [2] [3] 1944 : Harold Rhodes built the first prototype of the Rhodes Piano
The classic jukebox has buttons with letters and numbers on them that, when combined, are used to indicate a specific song from a particular record. The Automatic Music Instrument Company built and introduced the first electric automated musical instrument which later became known as the jukebox during the 1930s. [207] 1927 Garbage disposal
It is the earliest known electric-powered musical instrument, antedated only by the Denis d'or, which is only known from written accounts. The world's first electronic instrument was created in 1753 by the Czech musician and clergyman Prokop Divish (1698 - 1765). His distinctive feature was to show experiments in physics lessons.
Developments in early recording technology paralleled that of electronic instruments. The first means of recording and reproducing audio was invented in the late 19th century with the mechanical phonograph. [24] Record players became a common household item, and by the 1920s composers were using them to play short recordings in performances. [25]
In the late 19th century, Thaddeus Cahill introduced the Telharmonium, which is commonly considered the first electromechanical musical instrument. [2] In the early 20th century, Leon Theremin created the Theremin, an early electronic instrument played without physical contact, creating a new form of sound creation.
Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer. An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry.Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical, electronic or digital audio signal that ultimately is plugged into a power amplifier which drives a loudspeaker, creating the sound heard by the performer and listener.
After a flurry of interest in America following the end of the Second World War, the theremin soon fell into disuse with serious musicians, mainly because newer electronic instruments were introduced that were easier to play. However, a niche interest in the theremin persisted, mostly among electronics enthusiasts and kit-building hobbyists.