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.
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.
== History == The Lyricon was invented by Bill Bernardi (and co-engineered by Roger Noble and with the late Lyricon performer Chuck Greenberg) of Shadowfax, filed for patent on October 5, 1971, by Computone Inc., patented under #US3767833 October 23, 1973, and manufactured by Computone Inc. in Massachusetts in the early 1970s. The first Lyricon was completed in 1974, with Tom Scott being the first customer for the instrument.
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