The ondes Martenot or ondes musicales is an early electronic musical instrument. It is played with a keyboard or by moving a ring along a wire, creating "wavering" sounds similar to a theremin. A player of the ondes Martenot is called an ondist.
An ondes Martenot (seventh generation model, 1975)
Au ruban playing technique
Diffuseurs from left to right: Métallique, Palme, and cabinet containing both Principal and Résonance
Jonny Greenwood playing an ondes Martenot in 2010
Electronic musical instrument
An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical, electronic or digital audio signal that ultimately is plugged into a power amplifier which drives a loudspeaker, creating the sound heard by the performer and listener.
Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer
Diagram of the clavecin électrique
Telharmonium console by Thaddeus Cahill 1897
Theremin (1924)