Mellotronists

Norm wrote:

>Theremin, a great instrument. Built a few but now
>using a Big Briar one  
>built by Bob Moog.
 
>The sort of instrument that appeals to players of
>Mellotrons, I bet a few  of 
>you lot have got them...
 
Got a cheap one (SWTP), with the antennas mounted on
the cover for an old Sony portable tape deck.
Circuitry is outboard (don't ask why - I can't
remember). By an incredible co-incidence, I played it
in a performance on Nov. 3rd, 1993 - ok, guess the
significance of that.

I am, as far as I know, the world's only pedal
Theremin player. I have it on the floor and play with
my feet. This came out of necessity one time when I
was using it in a performance as modulation input for
my Mini-Moog and still wanted to twiddle knobs -
difficult to do when waving your arms about.

For those in Toronto, I'll be using it at the Ambient
Ping (http://www.theambientping.com/events.html) this
coming Tuesday with a trio called NOINO. Since this is
part of a festival celebrating radio and transmission
art, I'll be using (a) radio(s) to pick up the signal,
rather than plugging it in. There'll be all sort of
radio mayhem that night.

Jim Bailey