| introduction | overview | ||
| Instrument | Inventor | Country | Date |
| 1700 | |||
| 'Clavecin Électrique' | Jean Baptiste Delaborde | France | 1759 |
| 1800 | |||
| The Electro-mechanical Piano | Msr Hipps | Switzerland | 1867 |
| The Musical Telegraph | Elisha Grey | USA | 1876 |
| The Singing Arc | William Duddel | UK | 1899 |
| The Telharmonium | Thaddeus Cahill | USA | 1897 |
| 1900 | |||
| The Choralcelo | Melvin Severy | USA | 1909 |
| The "Intonarumori" | Luigi Russolo | Italy | 1913 |
| The Audion Piano | Lee De Forest | USA | 1915 |
| The Optophonic Piano | Vladimir Rossiné | Soviet Union | 1916 |
| The Theremin | Leon Termen | Soviet Union | 1917 |
| 1920 | |||
| The Sphäraphon | Jörg Mager | Germany | 1921 |
| The Staccatone | Hugo Gernsbak | Germany | 1923 |
| KurbelSphäraphon | Jörg Mager | Germany | 1923 |
| The Pianorad | Hugo Gernsbak | Germany | 1926 |
| The Dynaphone | René Bertrand | France | 1927 |
| The Celluphone | Pierre Toulon & Krugg Bass | France | 1927 |
| The Clavier à Lampes | A.Givelet & E.Coupleaux | France | 1927 |
| The Klaviatursphäraphon or Sphaerophon | Jörg Mager | Germany | 1928 |
| The Ondes-Martenot | Maurice Martenot | France | 1928 |
| The Superpiano | E. Spielmann | Austria | 1928 |
| Piano Radio-Électrique | A.Givelet & E.Coupleaux | France | 1929 |
| The Givelet | A.Givelet & E.Coupleaux | France | 1929 |
| The Sonorous Cross | Nikolay Obukhov | France | 1929 |
| The Hellertion | B.Helberger & P.Lertes | Germany | 1929 |
| 1930 | |||
| The Trautonium | Dr Freidrich Trautwein | Germany | 1930 |
| The Ondium Péchadre | H. Péchadre | France | 1930 |
| The Rhythmicon | Henry Cowell & Leon Termen | USA | 1930 |
| The Terpsitone | Leon Termen | USA/USSR | 1930 |
| The Theremin Cello | Leon Termen | USA | 1930 |
| The Westinghouse Organ | R.C.Hitchock | USA | 1930 |
| The Sonar | N.Anan'yev | Soviet Union | c1930 |
| Saraga-Generator | Wolja Saraga | Germany | 1931 |
| The "Ekvodin" | V.A.Gurov | Soviet Union | 1931 |
| The Trillion Tone Organ | A. Lesti & F. Sammis. | USA | 1931 |
| The Variophone | Yevgeny Sholpo | Soviet Union | 1932 |
| The Emiriton | A.Ivanov & A.Rimsky-Korsakov | Soviet Union | 1932 |
| The Emicon | N.Langer | USA | 1932 |
| The Rangertone Organ | Richard H.Ranger | USA | 1932 |
| L'Orgue des Ondes | Armand Givelet | France | 1933 |
| The Electrochord | Oskar Vierling | Germany | 1933 |
| Syntronic Organ | I.Eremeef & L.Stokowski | USA | 1934 |
| The Polytone Organ | A. Lesti & F. Sammis | USA | 1934 |
| The Hammond Organ | Laurens Hammond | USA | 1935 |
| The Photona | Ivan Eremeef and L. Stokowski | USA | 1935 |
| The sonothèque | L. Lavalée | France | 1936 |
| The Heliophon | Bruno Hellberger | Germany | 1936 |
| The Grösstonorgel | Oskar Vierling | Germany | 1936 |
| The Welte Licht-Ton-Orgel | E.Welte | Germany | 1936 |
| The Singing Keyboard | F. Sammis | USA | 1936 |
| The Warbo Formant Orgel | Harald Bode & C. Warnke | Germany | 1937 |
| The Melodium | Harald Bode | Germany | 1937 |
| The Kaleidophon | Jörg Mager | Germany | 1939 |
| The Novachord | L Hammond & C.N.Williams | USA | 1939 |
| 1940 | |||
| The Voder & Vocoder | Homer Dudley | USA | 1940 |
| The Univox | Univox Co. | UK | 1940 |
| The Multimonica | Harald Bode | Germany | 1940 |
| The Pianophon | - | - | 1940 |
| The Ondioline | Georges Jenny | France | 1940 |
| The Solovox | Hammond Organs Company | USA | 1940 |
| The Electronic Sackbut | Hugh Le Caine | Canada | 1945 |
| The Tuttivox | Harald Bode | USA | 1946 |
| Hanert Electric Orchestra | J. Hanert | USA | 1945 |
| The Minshall Organ | - | USA | 1947 |
| The Clavioline | M. Constant Martin | France | 1947 |
| The Melochord | Harald Bode | Germany | 1947 |
| The Monochord | Dr Freidrich Trautwein | Germany | 1948 |
| The Free Music Machine | Percy Grainger & Burnett Cross | USA/Australia | 1948 |
| 1950 | |||
| The Electronium Pi | René Seybold | Germany | 1950 |
| The Polychord Organ | Harald Bode | USA | 1950 |
| Dr Kent's Electronic Music Box | Dr Earle Kent | USA | 1951 |
| The Clavivox | Raymond Scott | USA | 1952 |
| The RCA Synthesiser I & II | Harry Olsen & Hebert Belar | USA | 1952 |
| The Composertron | Osmond Kendall | Canada | 1953 |
| The Chombichord | Harald Bode/ Constant Martin | France | 1953 |
| The Chombichord | Harald Bode/ Constant Martin | France | 1953 |
| Spatiodynamique and Cybernétique Tower | Nicolas Schöffer | France | 1955 |
| The ANS Synthesiser | Eugeniy Murzin | Soviet Union | 1958 |
| Oramics | Daphne Oram | UK | 1959 |
| The Siemens Synthesiser | H.Klein & W.Schaaf | Germany | 1959 |
| The Side Man | Wurlitzer | USA | 1959 |
| 1960 | |||
| Milan Electronic Music Studio | director: Luciano Berio | Italy | 1960 |
| DIMI & Helsinki Electronic Music Studio | Erkki Kurenniemi | Finland | 1961 |
| Moog Synthesisers | Robert Moog | USA | 1963 |
| The Mellotron & Chamberlin | Leslie Bradley | UK | 1963 |
| Buchla Synthesisers | Donald Buchla | USA | 1963 |
| The Donca-Matic DA-20 | Keio Corp | Japan | 1963 |
| The Synket | Paul Ketoff | UK | 1963 |
| Tonus/ARP Synthesisers | Philip Dodds | USA | 1964 |
| PAiA Electronics, Inc | John Paia Simonton | USA | 1967 |
| MUSYS Software | David Cockrell & Peter Grogno | UK | 1968 |
| EMS Synthesisers | Peter Zinovieff & David Cockrell | UK | 1969 |
| 1970 | |||
| GROOVE System | Max Mathews | USA | 1970 |
| The Optigan | Mattel Inc. | USA | 1970 |
| The Electronium-Scott | Raymond Scott | USA | 1970 |
| Con Brio Synthesisers | - | USA | 1971 |
| Allen Digital Computer Organ | Ralph Deutsch/Allen Organ Company | USA | 1971 |
| Roland Synthesisers | Roland Corporation | Japan | 1972 |
| Maplin Synthesisers | Trevor G Marshall | Australia/USA | 1973 |
| The Synclavier | New England Digital Corporation | USA | 1975 |
| Korg Synthesisers | Korg | Japan | 1975 |
| EVI wind instrument | Nyle Steiner | USA | 1975 |
| EDP Wasp | Chris Hugget | UK | 1978 |
| Yamaha Synthesisers | Yamaha Corp | Japan | 1976 |
| PPG Synthesisers | Wolfgang Palm | Germany | 1975 |
| Oberheim Synthesisers | Thomas Oberheim | USA | 1978 |
| Serge Synthesisers | - | - | 1979 |
| The Fairlight CMI | Peter Vogel & Kim Ryrie | Australia | 1979 |
| 1980 | |||
| Simmons Drum Synthesisers | Simmons | UK | 1980 |
| Casio Synthesisers | Casio Ltd | Japan | 1981 |
| The McLeyvier | David McLey | USA | 1981 |
| Kawai Synthesiser | Kawai Musical Instrument Co | Japan | - |
| The Emulator | Emu Systems | USA | 1981 |
| Waldorf | Germany | - | |
| Oxford Synthesiser Company | Chris Hugget | UK | 1983 |
| Akai Musical Instruments | Akai Corporation | Japan | 1984 |
| Ensoniq Synthesisers & Samplers | - | USA | 1985 |
| Steinberg Software | Steinberg | Germany | - |
| GEM Synthesisers | - | - | - |
| Crumar Synthesisers | - | - | - |
| Kurzweil Synthesisers/Samplers | Raymond Kurzweill | USA/Korea | 1983 |
| Sequential Circuits | - | USA | - |
| Alesis Corporation | Keith Barr | USA | 1984 |
| 1990 | |||
