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trautonium|traʊˈtəʊnɪəm|
[f. the name of Friedrich Trautwein (1888–1956), German scientist and inventor of the instrument, after euphonium.]
An electronic musical instrument, capable of producing notes of any pitch.
1931Electronics July 18/2 The ‘Trautonium’ is a recent development at the Radio Research section of the Berlin Academy of Music... Paul Hindemith..is himself an excellent Trautonium player and has written music specially for it. 1936Discovery July 224/2 The Trautonium, due to Dr. Trautwein and developed at the Charlottenburg Music High School (Conservatoire), where it so interested Hindemith that he not only wrote for it but even himself learnt to play it. 1959Chambers's Encycl. V. 131/2 Instruments such as the theremin and the trautonium derive music directly from the tuned circuits in oscillation and have no mechanical vibrator except the diaphragm in the loud-speaker. 1978P. Griffiths Conc. Hist. Mod. Music viii. 111 Hindemith wrote a concertino for trautonium and orchestra in 1931. |