1. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 1 THEREMIN EARLIEST ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FRANK J. GADEK, PH.D.

2. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 2 TOPIC – THEREMIN - “ THEREMIN - EARLIEST ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT “ SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY { “STS” } BY FRANK J. GADEK, PH.D. “ STILL INITIAL DRAFT ONLY “

3. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 3 INVENTED BY RUSSIAN LEV THEREMIN [HE IS ALSO CALLED LEON] IN 1919 ALSO CALLED – THERAMIN THEREMINVOX AETHERPHONE PLAYED BY NOT TOUCHING IT! GAVE ETHERIAL SOUND FOUND IN MANY SPACE ADVENTURE & SCI / FI MOVIES 2 HANDS POSITIONED NEAR 2 ANTENNAE ONE VERTICLE ONE HORIZONTAL

4. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 4 MUCH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET INCLUDING BUILDING YOUR OWN FROM RADIO SHACK PARTS SOME COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE $400 –$ 700 RANGE ON UP ROBERT MOOG BEGAN BUILDING THEM IN 1950 & LED HIM TO HIS MINIMOOG SYNTHESIZER MOOG EVEN OFFERS “KITS” TO BUILD THEM THE HISTORY IS FASCINATING WITH LENIN & STALIN BEING INVOLVED. IT WAS PART OF RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ON PROXIMITY SENSORS

5. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 5 “KITS” TAKE ABOUT A WEEKEND TO BUILD & ARE ABOUT $25 - $100 USING RADIO SHACK PARTS – YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN PC BOARD BUT THEY GIVE DETAILED DIRECTIONS & PARTS LIST + HINTS THE INSTRUMENT IS VERY SENSITIVE & DELICATE TO HAND MOVEMENTS IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PLAY WELL THERE IS GREAT “ART” TO PLAYING IT

6. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 6 TRENTON COMPUTER FESTIVAL APRIL 2008 FEATURED THE THEREMIN WITH KIP ROSSER DOING CONCERTS LECTURES YOU COULD EVEN TRY IT YOURSELF!

7. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 7 IT WAS NOT A GREAT COMMERCIAL SUCCESS ESPECIALLY BEING INTRODUCED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929 THERE WAS A FLURRY OF INTEREST AFTER WW II BUT THEN IT SUBSIDED SOME MODERN POPULAR MUSIC GROUPS STILL USE IT WITH MANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS MOSTLY FOR UNUSUAL EFFECTS & THEIR UNIQUE / DIFFERENT BAND SOUND

8. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 8 SOME THEREMIN ARTISTS ARE – LYDIA KAVINA – GREATEST LIVING VIRTUOSO – NEICE OF ONE OF LEON THEREMIN’S FIRST COUSINS & HIS PROTEGE PAMIELIA KURSTIN ANTHONY PTAK CLARA ROCKMORE CAROLINA EYCK

9. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 9 SOME REFERENCES TO GET YOU STARTED OBVIOUSLY A GOGGLE SEARCH WWW.EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WICK/THEREMIN WWW.OLDTEMECULA.COM/THEREMIN/ ULTIMATE2B/INDEX.HTM WWW.MUSICIANSFRIEND.COM – SEARCH FOR THEREMIN – HAVE THEREMINS & KITS FOR SALE – ABOUT $350 - $400

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11. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 11 HIS LOOKS LIKE ONE FROM AN AD FOR THE MOOG THEREMIN FOR ABOUT $400

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17. THEREMIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 05/08/2008 17 TO BE CONTINUED AS INTEREST & RESOURCES PERMIT JUST LET ME KNOW !