File:Theremin At The Musical Museum, Brentford, London (clip).jpg

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Summary

RCA Theremin displayed at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.musicalmuseum.co.uk/">Musical Museum, Brentford</a>.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/theremin" class="extiw" title="w:theremin">theremin</a> is one of the earliest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electronic_musical_instrument" class="extiw" title="w:electronic musical instrument">electronic musical instruments</a>, and the first musical instrument played without being touched. It was invented by Russian inventor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Theremin" class="extiw" title="w:Léon Theremin">Léon Theremin</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" class="extiw" title="w:1919">1919</a>. The controlling section usually consists of two metal antennae which sense the position of the player's hands and control radio frequency oscillator(s) for frequency with one hand, and volume with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker.

To play, the player moves his or her hands around the antennas, controlling frequency (pitch) and amplitude (volume). The theremin is associated with an <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eerie" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:eerie">eerie</a> sound, which has led to its use in movie soundtracks such as those in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellbound_(1945_film)" class="extiw" title="w:Spellbound (1945 film)">Spellbound</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Weekend_(film)" class="extiw" title="w:The Lost Weekend (film)">The Lost Weekend</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_(1951_film)" class="extiw" title="w:The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)">The Day the Earth Stood Still</a>.

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current09:56, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 09:56, 3 January 20171,800 × 2,400 (2.25 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>RCA Theremin displayed at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.musicalmuseum.co.uk/">Musical Museum, Brentford</a>. </p> <ul><li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.musicalmuseum.co.uk/musair.html">RCA theremin AR-1264</a> (1930), once owned by Musaire (Joseph Whitely 1894 - 1984)</li></ul> <hr> <p>The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/theremin" class="extiw" title="w:theremin">theremin</a></b> is one of the earliest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electronic_musical_instrument" class="extiw" title="w:electronic musical instrument">electronic musical instruments</a>, and the first musical instrument played without being touched. It was invented by Russian inventor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Theremin" class="extiw" title="w:Léon Theremin">Léon Theremin</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" class="extiw" title="w:1919">1919</a>. The controlling section usually consists of two metal antennae which sense the position of the player's hands and control radio frequency oscillator(s) for frequency with one hand, and volume with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker. </p> <p>To play, the player moves his or her hands around the antennas, controlling frequency (pitch) and amplitude (volume). The theremin is associated with an <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eerie" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:eerie">eerie</a> sound, which has led to its use in movie soundtracks such as those in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellbound_(1945_film)" class="extiw" title="w:Spellbound (1945 film)">Spellbound</a></i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Weekend_(film)" class="extiw" title="w:The Lost Weekend (film)">The Lost Weekend</a></i>, and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_(1951_film)" class="extiw" title="w:The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)">The Day the Earth Stood Still</a>.</i> </p>
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