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    In 1897, they built the first music synthesizer. It worked, but it took up the basement of an entire city-block sized building, so it was essentially useless. After a few decades of development, it could fit in a suitcase, and be carried around.

    As per the 1890s, it probably also had to be lubricated with orphaned child blood.