This is so cool! I own a Moog Theremin 91A (which is very close in appearance to an RCA model). I only looked at your website for a few seconds before I found that Theremins were made for RCA by both GE and Westinghouse. I don't know why that never occurred to me before, since I knew RCA was based on those two companies. I worked for GE for 37 years, but of course, Theremins were never mentioned.
Jim Nichol On Mar 4, 2012, at 9:11 PM, Andrew Baron wrote: > Hi all ~ > > My Victor Theremin* colleague and I have just co-created a new website: > rcatheremin.com > > For those who may be interested, here you will find practical but heretofore > unavailable information about the original 1929 theremins, the first > manufactured musical instrument to employ no acoustic or mechanical means of > reproducing of sound. In Victor advertising, it was stated: "Not a > phonograph---Not a radio---Not like anything you have ever heard or seen!" > > There are Victor records of this unique first electronic musical instrument > that date from 1930 (Victor 25130 is one that some of you may have seen), and > the instrument itself (which is played without touching it) was developed > during the time that RCA was busy acquiring the Victor Talking Machine > Company. > > If any of you own or know of someone who has one of these original Victor > Theremins, please let me know about it, as we are actively researching the > survivors. Both Mike and I own RCA theremins, and are not in the market to > buy, but rather are more interested in documenting the survivors and sharing > what we've learned about these rare and unusual instruments. > > I hope you enjoy the site, > Andrew Baron > Santa Fe > > (*As originally advertised in 1929, also referred to in brochures as the RCA > Theremin) > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
