Hi Jim ~ This was one of those serendipitous situations, with a lot of wonderful coincidences of unlikely elements from far and wide, all coming together at the same moment in time. It's the sort of thing that has you thinking "if it hadn't of been for this (earlier event), then that connection wouldn't have happened, and if it hadn't of been for that...".
I was aware that The Franklin had one of the (currently fewer than 100 known) surviving RCA theremins, and I was aware that it hadn't worked in more than fifty years. It was a great satisfaction to be able to restore it for them during the same visit that the more involved automaton restoration took place. Different skills, yes, in a way, but both use a similar analytical thought process of assessing a situation and applying effect-to-cause reasoning. Andy On Apr 20, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Jim Nichol wrote: > I had no idea how complex your repair work was! I hate to think what would > have happened if they hadn't found you to do the work! > > I can also imagine how stunned the Franklin Institute must have been when you > told them that you could fix both their automaton AND their Theremin!!! > Those are two entirely different skills. > > Jim Nichol > > On Apr 20, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Andrew Baron wrote: > >> For my friends on Phono-L who love antique mechanical things, and the >> stories behind them: >> http://www.popyrus.com/hugo/index.html >> >> Best, >> Andrew Baron >> Santa Fe >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
