The date of your brochure would be between March 13, 1930 (when the marketing of the theremin was officially transferred to the Victor division of RCA), and sometime between March and July 1931, when the theremin project came to a close. There was only one theremin sold in 1931 according to RCA records, so it seems most likely that your brochure dates from 1930.
Andrew Baron Santa Fe On Mar 5, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Bill Burns wrote: > Thanks for your kind words, Andrew! Do you have a better date for the > brochure than my "1930s"? > > -- > Bill > > > On 3/5/2012 1:53 PM, Andrew Baron wrote: >> Thanks Bill for this fabulous brochure link, and for adding a link to >> rcatheremin.com on this brochure page. For those who may be >> interested, this brochure is a great introduction to RCA's marketing >> for their theremin. They put a huge investment into capturing a >> market for a product that ultimately couldn't be played by most >> users. The surviving Victor records from 1930 and (I think) 1931 are >> part of the legacy of RCA's foray into the musical instrument >> business. It wouldn't be until a quarter century later that they >> revisited the medium of electronic music, with a programmable >> synthesizer (like the phonograph, it would play "recordings" or >> programs, rather than being an instrument that could be played in >> real time. >> >> I have a copy of this brochure, but haven't scanned it. Your scans, >> and the presentation of the page are beautiful. I'm copying my site >> co-creator Mike Buffington on this. He may add a link to your >> brochure page if he finds a suitable place to add it. Thank you for >> the invitation to link to it. >> >> Best, Andrew Baron Santa Fe >> >> On Mar 5, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Bill Burns wrote: >> >>> On 3/4/2012 9:11 PM, Andrew Baron wrote: >>>> My Victor Theremin* colleague and I have just co-created a new >>>> website: rcatheremin.com >>> >>> An excellent and much-needed resource! I've added a link to your >>> site from my page on the Victor Theremin brochure: >>> >>> http://ftldesign.com/Theremin/ >>> >>> You might consider linking back if you don't have a copy of the >>> brochure yourself. >>> >>> -- Bill > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
