[sdiy] Theremin

[Jaroslaw Ziembicki]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Fritz" <ijfritz at earthlink.net>
To: "Paul Maddox" <P.Maddox at signal.qinetiq.com>; "Synth-Diy"
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Theremin


> >"In 1918,a Soviet scientist named Leon Theremin invented the world's
first
> >electronic musical instrument. "
>
> He invented the first theremin, but certainly there were other electronic
> instruments before that.
>

No, I think there were only electrical (electroacoustical?
electromechanical?) instruments before. Thermenvox
was the first purely electronic instrument (built with tubes).
Somewhere I have an article about that.

Regards,
Jarek