MOTM

Amazing that no-one's mentioned this - the "Ondes Martenot" 1930's
electronic keyboard was used with a couple of "speciality" speakers -
the "palme" had a bunch of tuned wires running across it and there was
another speaker which was attached to a cymbal, all in the interests of
quirky sound colouration.  If you get thee chance, check out Olivier
Messaien's works "Turangalila Symphonie" and "Trois Petits liturgies
pour la prescence divine" (I may have spelled that last one incorrectly
;)
Apparently radiohead may have used one on some recent gigs, tho' I
haven't seen any evidence...

Hey, perhaps @ some point in the distant future we might get a MOTM
ondes martenot? ;)

typing "ondes martenot" into google did turn up a couple of hits, but
nothing as detailed as I'd have liked...

best etc
-- 
norman fay