Compare the sound of the Theremax, at
http://www.paia.com/theremax.htm (select
the WAV sample, part way into the page)
with the sound of the original Theremin-built
tube instrument made for the first concert
thereminist, Clara Rockmore, in Russia in the
1920's.Search on Amazon "classical music", "clara
rockmore", then select the first CD and scroll
down the page to the samples. If these
comparisons are valid, the sounds are quite
different (the old Theremin has a much "richer"
"singing" quality to the sound). (BTW, I
think this CD is a reissue of an LP produced
by Mrs. Moog, who I knew in the late 60's
and early 70's...) For more on the Moog
Theremin, go here -
http://www.moogmusic.com
Unfortunately, there are no sound samples
at that site.
Ah, the cyclical nature of history...;-) First
music was all-acoustic, then the Theremin
appeared (though it was little used). Then later
the hybrid assemblages of bits of recorded
sound appeared (music concret [sp?]),
then the Moog theremin appeared and was
popular for a time in Sci-Fi movies and the
occasional pop music piece. This was soon
followed by the early Moog and Buchla
voltage-controlled synthesizers (and from
there, MANY variations and developments).
Now we are back at theremins (though
they will not replace acoustic or synthesizer
instruments, so I guess music instrument
history is not cyclical after all...;-)
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David Ruether
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"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:Xns9614EEE5073D1meyoucom@127.0.0.1...
> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm thinking about building my own Theremin. Does anyone know anything
> about how good the kits are from thereminkits.com or from
> www.paia.com/theremax.htm
>
> I'd love to buy one of the Moog Theremins, but I'm a poor college student,
> so building one for $100 is very appealing. If anyone has experience with
> these or other kits, I'd appreciate any input on which to buy.
>
>
> Thanks
> Steven Smith
>
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