quoted 3 lines From: Anig Browl>From: Anig Browl
>
> Maybe instruments with bellows are the earliest forms of synthesizers.
totally. belows began a process of mechanization by offering an
external lung to play with a constancy that was impossible to achieve
by mere human effort.
i think the progression goes somethin like: flutes > reed
instruments > bagpipes > harmoniums > organs > synthesizers
those elaborate 16th to 19th century church organs in Europe were all
powered by bellows in the pre-electronic era. with their keyboard
interface and many stops (the predecessor to 'patches') they seem
like the direct precursor to certain kinds of synthesizers.
k
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org