Magic Music From The Telharmonium Documentary 3

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It was 1906. "Get Music on Tap Like Gas or Water" promised the headlines, and soon the public was enchanted with inventor Thaddeus Cahill's (1867-1934) electrical music by wire.

The Telharmonium was a 200-ton behemoth that created numerous musical timbres and could flood many rooms with sound.

Beginning with the first instrument, constructed in the 1890's, and continuing with the installation of the second instrument at Telharmonic Hall in New York, the rise and fall of commercial service, the attempted comeback of the third Telharmonium, and ending with efforts to find a home for the only surviving instrument in 1951, this documentary provides a definitive account of the first comprehensive music synthesizer.

You can get a full DVD of this documentary:
http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Music-Telharmonium-Reynold-Weidenaar/dp/B000JUBF0...

This clip was reposted from http://magneticmusic.ws/mmvideo.htm with the permission of Reynold Weidenaar.

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  • I don't think so. As far as I know it's part of the forgotten sound world now :(

  • Are there any recordings of what this thing actually sounded like ? would be amazing to hear what it sounded like

  • As far as I know there are no known audio recordings of the Telharmonium.... tis a pity.

  • As far as I know there are no known audio recordings of the Telharmonium.... tis a pity.

  • As far as I know there are no known audio recordings of the Telharmonium.... tis a pity.

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  • The Hammond organ, leastwise the old ones like the B3, were tone wheel jobs, so the Telharmonium probly sounded a little like that.

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  • This doc sounds looks and feels like a good old dos game.

  • Thanks for posting, great doc!

  • great documentation ! but let me know if the sounds we hearing at the docu-videos coming original out of the Telharmonium ???

    thanx

  • I can imagine the sound being like early organs ,really basic and raw ..I could imagine though it sounding better than music through a phone line ! A recording would be sublime ..

  • Fascinating documentary as I had not heard of this instrument before. Thanks for posting.

  • Ahh!!! If the'the notes were clear...' , then why did you garble it up!

  • It CAN'T just be me, this story is SCREAMING OUT; MUSICAL Theatre piece!!!!!

  • Very interesting documentary, I thoroughly enjoyed it. :D

  • What an absolutely fascinating documentary, thank you for posting it.

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