The Telharmonium – An Apparatus for the Electrical Generation and Transmission of Music
In 1895 Thaddeus Cahill submitted his first patent for the Telharmonium “The Art of and Apparatus for Generating and Distributing Music Electrically”. The Telharmonium, considered to be the first significant electronic musical instrument, was a method of electro-magnetically synthesizing and distributing music over the new telephone networks in America. This article explains how the telharmonium works and the set up of a new working plant stationed in New York.
