tags: mus-407 early-electroacoustic-instruments

Musical Telegraph

Invented in 1847 by Elisha Gray

• Polyphonic, one octave, later two
• Telephone patent race with [Alexander Graham Bell]
• Metal reeds vibrate via self-oscillating currents, transmitted via telephone wire
• Washbasin as receiver/amplifier

TODO: add picture

Sources

• MUS 407 History of Electroacoustic Music: Early Instruments