Electronic wind instruments

musical instrument

thumb|300px|Computone Wind Synthesizer Controller (essentially a Lyricon II without synthesizer)The Lyricon is an electronic wind instrument invented by Bill Bernardi and produced by Computone Inc. in small numbers from 1974 until roughly 1980. It was the first wind controller, and predated MIDI and widespread use of digital synthesizers. Three models were developed: the Lyricon I, Wind Synthesizer Driver, and Lyricon II.