The’-re-min (θɛɹəmɪn)
The world’s first electronic musical instrument is played by waving your hands in midair, as demonstrated by the device’s inventor, Leo Theremin. Looks easy, but the instrument is really hard to play (trust us, we have one in Discovery Works and you can try it yourself)….
On Monday, October 29th at 7:00 pm, Robert Wheeler will show us how its done right in our Gallery. Mr. Wheeler is a member of Cleveland’s legendary avante-garage band, Pere Ubu, and also has a farm in Milan, Ohio.
Some links of interest:
A blog for theremin freaks:
Unofficial Pere Ubu (but with band blessing) Myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/pereuburadio
Moog’s history of the Theremin. They make Theremins, too. In fact, Bob Moog started out selling theremin kits by mail. Did you know that?
http://moogmusic.com/history.php?cat_id=2
A guy demos the theremin and plays a Buggles song for us:
