Show first to produce tune electrically the first musical instrument whose sounds were electrically produced was the invented by thaddeus cahill and first demonstrated in 1902 in holyoke mass says colliers the instrument ment was played on a two manual keyboard in a special studio from which the music was transmitted over telephone wires to any subscriber who wished to listen but when this instrument which weighed tons and cost was tried out in new york city it proved a commercial failure because it interfered with the telephone service |