Leon Theremin was born in St. Petersburg in 1895. An inventor, he created the theremin while trying to fix local oscillations in a radio--around 1918! The theremin is the first electronic music instrument, regarded as the ancestor of the keyboard synthesizer. The theremin is unique because it is not touched-- the musician waves hands near a pair of antennas to alter pitch and volume.
View the original patent on Google, or browse a machine-readable version.
To learn more about MouSing, a
sound-creation program for Windows inspired by the theremin, click here:
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey is a must-see movie with a web site at http://www.iquest.net/theremin/
The Theremin Enthusiasts Club International is at http://www.he.net/~enternet/teci/teci.html
Bob Sexton's Take a Look at Theremins may be found at http://www.ccsi.com/~bobs/theremin.html
Jason Barile's Theremin Home Page is located at http://www.Nashville.Net/~theremin/
Subscribe to the Internet news group alt.music.makers.theremin .