The Telharmonium was revealed to the world in the early 1900s. This extremely heavy (as in, around 210 tons) organ-like instrument utilized electromagnetic generators, which rotated to produce pulses ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

HOLLAND — Via Mardot plays the theremin as if she’s casting a sacred spell. With hands suspended in a mid-air dance, the Michigan musician finds each seemingly invisible note with graceful dexterity.

Theremins are a bit of an odd instrument to begin with, but [AphexHenry] decided to put one where no theremin has gone before: into a baguette. The “baguetophone” is a theremin and piezo-percussion ...