Bob Draper <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Donald Satz wrote regarding an "Ondes Martenot":
>
>Odd though it may sound, the instrument was invented by a Frenchman
>named Maurice Martenot. It's electronic and produces single sounds
>through a keyboard controlling the frequencies from an oscillator.
>
>Isn't the exactly what a basic electric/electronic organ is?
Well, it has some extra features. For example (all of this is by memory
and may be incorrect), the keys have a little bit of space between them,
so there's room to wiggle them back and forth, which produces vibrato.
There's also something like a wire with a ring on it that you move back
and forth to do glissandos.
It has a few different 'stops' for different sound qualities, but that's
not exciting compared to an electronic organ.
Dan Schmidt | http://www.dfan.org