Keyboard
16 instruments
Piano
Invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence. 88 keys spanning 7.25 octaves. Over 12,000 ...
Organ
The largest musical instrument in the world. Church organs can have over 10,000 pipes. The...
Accordion
Invented by Cyrill Demian in Vienna. The bellows provide air to free reeds. Piano accordio...
Harpsichord
The dominant keyboard instrument before the piano. Strings are plucked by quills, not stru...
Clavichord
The most intimate keyboard instrument. Tangents strike the strings directly. The volume is...
Hammond Organ
Invented by Laurens Hammond. Uses tonewheels to generate sound. The Leslie speaker creates...
Keytar
A keyboard worn like a guitar. The Roland SH-101 was an early example. Jan Hammer made it ...
Concertina
Invented by Charles Wheatstone. Hexagonal bellows instrument with buttons on both ends. Th...
Mellotron
A tape-based sampling keyboard. Each key plays a magnetic tape loop of a real instrument s...
Minimoog
The first portable synthesizer. Designed by Bob Moog and Bill Hemsath. Three oscillators a...
Yamaha DX7
The best-selling synthesizer in history at over 200,000 units. FM synthesis created entire...
Korg M1
The best-selling workstation synthesizer. Over 250,000 units sold. The Piano 01 preset def...
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
The first fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer. Five voices of analog warmth. Over 8,...
Roli Seaboard
A silicone keyboard that responds to pressure, pitch bend, and slide. Five dimensions of t...
Yamaha CS-80
The synthesizer that defined the Blade Runner score. Vangelis created the iconic soundtrac...
Korg MS-20
A semi-modular analog synthesizer. The dual filters are legendary. Over 100,000 units sold...