A guide to the Ondes Martenot

Series Advisor Caroline Potter gets a tour inside an ondes Martenot with Stéphane Vaiedelich, Laboratory Manager at the Musée de la Musique, Cité de Musique, Paris. Discover this magical, early electronic instrument which features in Messiaen s Turangalîlasymphonie and was invented in 1928 in Paris by Maurice Martenot. Find out more at Our City of Light: Paris: 19001950 concert series runs from November 2014 June 2015.