Beer of the Bass Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 09/08/2024 at 13:34, Happy Jack said: Many years ago, when my sister still lived in New York, she and her husband invited @Silvia Bluejay and me to go out for a gig. I asked to go to Joe's Pub to see Bill Kirchen, and when I noticed that the earlier act (they do two 'houses' each night) was The Theremin Society Of New York I said we just had to see that too. In truth, I completely misinterpreted the listing, thinking this would be like a theremin orchestra. It wasn't. It really was the Society, a bunch of club members who all played theremins in the security of their own homes, and once a year they took over a prestigious music venue oon Manhattan to showcase what they'd been up to since last year. I'll say this for that evening ... it was memorable. Not in a good way, but By God! was it memorable. Reminds me of some of the overly serious theremin enthusiast crowd that I've run into online when researching instruments. Did they disdain any pop music and sci-fi soundtrack use of the theremin, and use it to play classical and operatic excerpts, badly? I suspect they wouldn't like the Stylophone theremin as it has only a single antenna and the "real" instrument has one for volume too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 19 minutes ago, Beer of the Bass said: I suspect they wouldn't like the Stylophone theremin as it has only a single antenna and the "real" instrument has one for volume too. To be fair, having owned a two antenna theremin, to get anything other than spooky/sci-fi noises out of it you really need the volume one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 6 hours ago, BigRedX said: To be fair, having owned a two antenna theremin, to get anything other than spooky/sci-fi noises out of it you really need the volume one. Or a volume pedal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 What’s the theremin equivalent of Jaco only needed 4 stringz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JottoSW1 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 15/08/2024 at 18:44, meterman said: Got my confirmation email this afternoon as well. I'll believe it actually exists when the theremin is in my studio and I'm actually making freaky noises with it. Then I'll put batteries in it and make it go "wheee-ooo-waouh-eee-ooh" etc... Thought that was the Bangles..?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JottoSW1 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 20/08/2024 at 16:41, ped said: What’s the theremin equivalent of Jaco only needed 4 stringz Only needed 33 oscillators ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 On 20/08/2024 at 16:41, ped said: What’s the theremin equivalent of Jaco only needed 4 stringz Leon only needed two coat hangers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Out of stock. Now do I wait for the next batch to be produced, or for yours to start appearing on the Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale area? Whichever, I want one 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 Well, you have to wait a bit, even the first batch hasn't turned up yet. They said 8 weeks, 4.5 weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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