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Georges Jenny | |
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| Birth name | Georges Marcel Charles Jenny |
| Born | April 29, 1913 Lille, France |
| Died | September 23, 1975 (aged 62) Cambo-les-Bains, France |
| Genres | Electronic music |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, musician |
| Instrument | Ondioline |
| Years active | 1939–1975 |
| Website | Ondioline.com |
Georges Marcel Charles Jenny (29 April 1913 – 23 September 1975)[1] was a French musician, poet, and electronic instrument builder. His best-known invention was an electronic keyboard instrument called the Ondioline (sometimes referred to as the Jenny Ondioline).[2] It is considered a forerunner of the synthesizer. The Ondioline is monophonic, yet it is capable of generating an array of sounds, and features a keyboard that produces a natural-sounding vibrato via side-to-side finger movements when keys are depressed.[3]
- ^ Ondioline.com
- ^ Brend, Mark, Strange Sounds: Offbeat Instruments and Sonic Experiments in Pop, Backbeat Books, 2005
- ^ "Inventor Georges Jenny Demos The Ondioline (1948)," at Synthtopia.com