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Charles Spackman Barker

British organ maker

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contribution to organ design

  • Moog synthesizer
    In keyboard instrument: Stop and key mechanisms

    …developed in the 1830s by Charles Spackman Barker, an Englishman. It consisted of a series of small, high-pressure pneumatic bellows or motors, one attached to each key of the main manual at the console. When a key was depressed, compressed air was admitted to the motor, which, in turn, operated…

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