Table of Contents

General Introduction

Part 1: Early Synthesizers, Keyboard and Performance Instruments

• The Player Piano and Reproducing Piano
• The Theremin
• The Hammond Novachord
• The Robb Wave Organ
• The Hammond Solovox
• The Electronic Sackbut
• The Touch Sensitive Organ
• The Polyphone
• The Paramus
• Conclusion to Part 1

Part 2: Instruments for Electronic Music Studios

• The Multi-Track Recorder
• The Hamograph and Smaller Studio Instruments
• The Oscillator Bank
• The Spectrogram
• The Sonde
• The Serial Sound Structure Generator
• Conclusion to Part 2

General Conclusions

Photos: The Hugh Le Caine Papers of the National Archives of Canada and the Canada Science and Technology Museum