Instruments at the Pierre Henry studio

Instrumentarium du studio Pierre Henry (1980/2010) by Diverses marques (Telefunken, EMT, Mitsubishi, …)Philharmonie de Paris

Since November 2019, the Cité de la Musique–Philharmonie de Paris has housed a permanent space inside its museum dedicated to a key figure of musique concrète (concrete music): Pierre Henry. 

There, you can see the contents of his Parisian studio (Son/Ré), where he worked until his death in 2017.

Mellotron (1970/1977)Philharmonie de Paris

Mellotron

1970-1977

Magnétophone à bande 3340 Simul-Sync 4 pistes (1972) by TEAC/TASCAMPhilharmonie de Paris

A-3340 simul-sync 4-track tape recorder

Env. 1972

Synthesizer 2600P 3.0 (1972/1974)Philharmonie de Paris

Synthesizer 2600P 3.0

1972 / 1974

Synthétiseur Synthi A (1973) by EMSPhilharmonie de Paris

Synthesizer Synthi AKS

Vers 1973

Synthétiseur Analogique monophonique mini Moog (1974)Philharmonie de Paris

MiniMoog monophonic analog synthesizer

Moog - 1974

Synthesizer Prophet 5 (Env. 1975)Philharmonie de Paris

Synthesizer Prophet 5

Env. 1975

Chambre d'écho space echo RE-201 (Env. 1975)Philharmonie de Paris

Chambre d'écho space echo RE-201

1975

Electric piano MKI 73 (1976)Philharmonie de Paris

Electric MKI 73 piano

1976

Piano électrique modèle MkI Stage 73 (1976) by Rhodes - CBSPhilharmonie de Paris

Electric MKI 73 piano

1976

Vocoder VC10 (1978)Philharmonie de Paris

Vocoder VC10

1978

Synthesizer CMI II - Alphanumeric keyboard (1982)Philharmonie de Paris

CMI II synthesizer and sampler

1982

Synthétiseur CMI II - Clavier (1982)Philharmonie de Paris

Magnétophone à bande analogique M15A (1983)Philharmonie de Paris

M15A analog tape recorder

Env. 1983

Unité de contrôle numérique RM-D7200 (1991)Philharmonie de Paris

RM-D7200 digital control unit

1991

Digital Mounting Table RM-D7300 (Env. 1991)Philharmonie de Paris

RM-D7300 digital editing table

Env. 1991

Reader / Digital Recorder PCM-7030 (1991)Philharmonie de Paris

PCM-7030 digital recorder/player

Env. 1991

Reader / Digital Recorde double DAT PCM-E7700 (Env. 1991)Philharmonie de Paris

Reader / Digital Recorde double DAT PCM-E7700

 Env. 1991

Synthesizer Jupiter 8 (1982-05-01)Philharmonie de Paris

Jupiter 8 synthesizer

1982

Reverberation Processor A300 (Env. 1997)Philharmonie de Paris

Reverberation Processor A300

Env. 1997

Mixer series 5Philharmonie de Paris

Mixer series 5

Parametric equalizer + power supply AD2055 (Env. 2010)Philharmonie de Paris

Parametric equalizer + power supply AD2055

Env. 2010

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