Editing Keytar (section)

===Early history (18th century–1970s) ===
The oldest forerunner of the keytar is likely the [[orphica]], a small portable piano invented in Vienna in 1795, which was played in a similar position as the modern keytar. The [[piano accordion]] first appeared in 1852, it was essentially a Miniature version of the [[Reed Organ]] that's worn on straps and is pumped with the player's left hand. In 1963, the [[East Germany|East German]] manufacturer ''Weltmeister'' introduced the ''Basset'', as a Keytar shaped Electric Bass Piano.
In 1966, Swedish organ manufacturer Joh Mustad AB introduced the Tubon, a tubular electric organ.  This instrument was worn with a strap around the shoulder and could be played standing or sitting.  The Tubon had a half-keyboard on one end accessible to the right hand, controls to be used at the "neck" on the opposite end for the left hand, and a speaker at the end of the tube.  It was sold in the UK as the Livingstone.  It saw use by [[Kraftwerk]] and [[Paul McCartney]] in the 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |title= The 'Tubon' Joh Mustad AB, Sweden, 1966 |url= http://120years.net/the-tubon-sweden-1967/ |website= 120 Years of Electronic Music |date= 9 February 2014 |access-date= 9 November 2015}}</ref>

In the early 1970s, [[Edgar Winter]] often performed with keyboards slung around his neck, but they were not technically keytars because they had no "neck"; he actually used an [[ARP 2600]] keyboard and a lightweight [[Univox]] [[electronic piano]] with shoulder straps added.

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