ondiola

Noun

ondiola (plural ondiolas)

1. An electronic musical instrument, an Italian version of the clavioline.
   • Much of Scelsi’s output was created in an unusual way: he would improvise on a piano, a guitar, percussion instruments or, later in his career, an ondiola, a three-octave electronic instrument that could capture vibrato and microtonal intervals.2015 September 20, Zachary Woolfe, “Review: Argento Chamber Ensemble’s ‘Scelsi Rediscovered’”, in New York Times