Hi guy's,

This may sound like a daft question but i'm trying top find the name of an synth type instrument used in the 60's/70's era. Basically it looked like a type of synth but with a series of strings and the player wore a ring of metal upon their finger and moved it along the strings to obviously acheive higher and lower pitch sounds. When played it gave what be described as a ghost or high pitch sound, its used quite a lot in the album 'Moon safari' by 'Air', especially in the track 'kelly watch the stars' and i think the beach boys used it quite a lot too.
It is really bugging me because most people know what i'm talking about but cannot name it, can any one help me?

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by your description, I believe the instrument is a

Onde-Martenot

from the 1920s

[This message has been edited by Soft Machine (edited 12-06-2002).]

a harp.

Live ive seen the The beach boys use
ribbon controller

and AIR used a Theremin

Cheer's guy's i'll have a look!!

But a harp it is not, that doesnt give the sound i mentioned matey! haha...

Yeah, but at least it has a set of strings and if you move your fingers along the strings you'll achieve higher and lower pitched sounds!

"Basically it looked like a type of synth but with a series of strings and the player wore a ring of metal upon their finger and moved it along the strings to obviously acheive higher and lower pitch sounds".
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A typical synth doesn't have a string. Based on your description it looks like it's a slide guitar. Like the one that Don Felder (EAGLES) used in many of their songs

I already told the answer

it's a "Onde Martenot"

the guy said a RING, not a bottle-neck

and besides, how can it be a guitar if it has a Keyboard Danb??

What keyboard? Nobody mentioned any keyboard and I doubt the Beach Boys used the Ondes Mertenot.

-tek

Hey Soft, I'm talking about pedal steel guitar. Some people thought it's a kind of synth and not a guitar. Obviously, Andy didn't mentioned the word "keyboard" on his post.