A Brief History of the Theremin | Albert Glinsky 

Wait! If "Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album" was published in 2006, how come the quality is better than her album "The Art of the Theremin" which was made in 1977?

It is an amazing story, but I found the first half of that book bogged down by excessive petty details....

fiver years later.... did you buy one?

did you get it yet?

Theremini might be easier for a beginner but as an experienced player I find Theremini unable to do playing tricks I can do with an analog theremin (or Gaudi.ch Opentheremin). Also the tuning process is tedious since you can’t fine tune it at all. Theremini is also more sensitive to external interference making it unplayable at some places. I did inspection to several models and Etherwave was the best one to avoid interference. Our team suspect the high inductance coils in front of Etherwave’s antennas causes this.

Try a Theremini. My band has one. There is an awful lot to learn but if you are a real musician you may end up making real music. Just be prepared to put in the hours!

May be the first

would you not say that the lasers are a part of the instrument though?

+Sanni Bleser Jensen unmistakably clara rockmore. Today is her 105th birthday.

Jessie Grubb yeah wow Clara Rockmore saw limitations of the original instrument and helped to develop the theremin to fulfill her needs. Working together with Léon Theremin her suggestions and changes included increasing the sensitivity of the theremin's volume control to facilitate rapid staccato, lowering the profile of the instrument so the performer is more visible, increasing the sensitivity of the pitch antenna, and increasing range from three octaves to five.

Good vibrations used an instrument called a Tannerlin, not the Theremin.. I only learned this having seen a Beach Boys tribute band where the keyboard guy was a nerd on this subject!

Every instrument has its limitations. The piano cannot bend notes. Neither can it make a note start soft and swell. The violin cannot play six note chords. The French horn cannot imitate the snare drum. The harpsichord cannot do many things. So the Theremin cannot make a sharp attack. Such is life.