Unusual, Little-known Musical Instruments - Telharmonium

In an alliance of strength and track, the telharmonium creates “electrical waves of musical sound,” says Thomas Commerford Martin, in his overview of the uncommon instrument. Dr. Thaddeus Cahill’s invention, a complex array of inductor alternators, switchboards, keyboard, “tone mixers,” and wiring, works, Martin explains, in a way much like that of the pipe organ, with energy changing the organ pipes’ air as the medium upon which the musician plays. The ensuing track then passes through transformers and is blended with the aid of “tone mixers” and is heard as chords, beautiful and natural in tone.