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Clavessin-electrique

Jean-Baptiste Thillaie Delaborde, a French Jesuit priest, invented the clavecin électrique (or clavessin électrique) in 1759.

This might be the earliest surviving electric-powered musical instrument.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavecin_%C3%A9lectrique

Sound-video clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTMnUkxMmfA