Definitely worth restoring! That’s an amazing find. One of the earliest, fully electronic instruments.
I’d read about these in Tape Op I think, in an article that documented a project by Wally De Backer (better known as Gotye) to find, restore and play one of these. Ultimately, he did a limited number of shows with what he called his “Ondioline Orchestra”. Really a cool project seen through to fruition.
In the video linked below, he talks about the project, the restoration, etc and plays a tune on it that could be straight out of a Warner Brothers cartoon from the 40s.
That’s a piece of history you’ve got there. Keep us posted on the restoration!
link to video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m18HHigbdp8&list=PLCLvIUBYsQNcllVyy-830yVEOuHxKb4VX&index=2&t=0s
Edit: The article I'd read was indeed from Tape Op. Link below:
https://tapeop.com/interviews/124/gotye/
I’d read about these in Tape Op I think, in an article that documented a project by Wally De Backer (better known as Gotye) to find, restore and play one of these. Ultimately, he did a limited number of shows with what he called his “Ondioline Orchestra”. Really a cool project seen through to fruition.
In the video linked below, he talks about the project, the restoration, etc and plays a tune on it that could be straight out of a Warner Brothers cartoon from the 40s.
That’s a piece of history you’ve got there. Keep us posted on the restoration!
link to video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m18HHigbdp8&list=PLCLvIUBYsQNcllVyy-830yVEOuHxKb4VX&index=2&t=0s
Edit: The article I'd read was indeed from Tape Op. Link below:
https://tapeop.com/interviews/124/gotye/