Description
- ABS Plastic Case. Dimensions: 130mm x 65mm x 40mm (5″ x 2.5″ x 1.5″)
- Power: PP3 battery (not included)
- 1/4 jack output
- Controls for pitch adjustment and volume
- Folding telescopic aerial
Create music from the ether; eerie sci-fi, psychedelic, ambient, rock, classical etc.. by moving the hand towards or away from the pitch antenna.
Believed to be the earliest electronic musical instrument developed in the 1920s, the theremin – named after its inventor Leon Theremin, is unique in that it is played without being touched!
The science bit: This is a transistorised, 2 Oscillator, Analogue theremin, using the heterodyning principle.
It has coils in it’s oscillators that react with each other to generate the classic theremin tone.
Although this is a mini theremin, great care has been taken developing a true analogue theremin sound. It is very stable (stays in tune!) and has a fully playable 5 octave range, from 0 – 50cm (20″) between hand and antenna.
There’s also a vintage germanium diode in the detector stage and it comes with controls for volume and pitch adjustment. You can also use a standard passive volume pedal.
Not included, is a 9 volt, PP3 or Duracell # MN1604 battery (rectangular – commonly used in guitar fx pedals) as we are not allowed to send them through the post any longer.
There is no internal speaker, so it must be used with an amplifier, hi-fi etc.
Click on the movie and audio clips to hear what it can do. The added effects (played through a zoom GFX-707 guitar FX processor) are described in the links.
Because there are no keys or frets etc, the Theremin isn’t the easiest instrument to play, but it has to be the most fun!
Audio clips below with added effects (a ZOOM GFX-707 guitar FX processor)
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