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Subject: Ondes Martinot

From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
Date: 2010-03-18

Thanks Rick-
  I noted your refernce to the Ondes Martinot, and looked it up.  Found lots of references, both on Google and youtube. I hadn't heard of this instrument before.  Truely fascinating, a synth ahead of its time.  The keyboard has lateral touch sensitivity which produces vibrato like a stringed instrument.  Good voicing selections and volume/attack control.  The "ring on a ribbon"  finger control is like a physical theremin connection.  I'm not sure what the other devices shown in the pictures are, possibly a string controller and speakers.  Attatched is a pix I downloaded.
 
 
   -Bruce D.
 

--- On Wed, 3/17/10, Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com> wrote:

From: Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT, but I think this is stunning!
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:05 AM

 

On Mar 17, 2010, at 4:07 AM, Andy kinch wrote:

I used to not to take the Theromin very seriously. IMO it has been plagued with the "Bad Sci Fi" label for as long as it's been around.
But, this has changed my mind. There is a talent here that is quite amazing to listen to.
 
Andy K

Incredibly good. And you're absolutely correct about it being treated poorly by soundtracks of the past. Same thing could have happened to the Ondes Martinot, except that some major composers wrote for it.

Thanks, Andy!

Rick