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synthesizer

electronic musical instrument capable of producing a wide range of sounds
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Summary

synthesizer is a type of musical instrument[1]. synthesizer ranks in the top 3% of type of musical instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,775 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Robert Moog[3]
  • Subclass of: electronic musical instrument[4]
  • Commons category: Synthesizers[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Synthesizers[6]
  • Commons gallery: Synthesizer[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox synthesizer[8]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/synthesizer[9]
  • Has characteristic: synthesizer model[10]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 53[11]
  • Different from: electric piano[12]
  • MCN code: 9207.10.10[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • Simulates: musical instrument[15]

Why It Matters

synthesizer has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] synthesizer is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0439619-syntezatory-hudba
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0439619-syntezatory-hudba, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → electric piano
    Simulates → musical instrument
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ Yso id: 617, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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