Hi all ~ My Victor Theremin* colleague and I have just co-created a new website: rcatheremin.com
For those who may be interested, here you will find practical but heretofore unavailable information about the original 1929 theremins, the first manufactured musical instrument to employ no acoustic or mechanical means of reproducing of sound. In Victor advertising, it was stated: "Not a phonograph---Not a radio---Not like anything you have ever heard or seen!" There are Victor records of this unique first electronic musical instrument that date from 1930 (Victor 25130 is one that some of you may have seen), and the instrument itself (which is played without touching it) was developed during the time that RCA was busy acquiring the Victor Talking Machine Company. If any of you own or know of someone who has one of these original Victor Theremins, please let me know about it, as we are actively researching the survivors. Both Mike and I own RCA theremins, and are not in the market to buy, but rather are more interested in documenting the survivors and sharing what we've learned about these rare and unusual instruments. I hope you enjoy the site, Andrew Baron Santa Fe (*As originally advertised in 1929, also referred to in brochures as the RCA Theremin) _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
