Re: Theremin (nokh a bisl tsulib dem theremin...)

[Kame'a Media <media...>]

Jacob and Nancy Bloom wrote:

> One of the earlier posts to this thread described the theremin as having one
> coil, and being played by moving both hands relative to the coil.  This is
> somewhat different from the description in the issue of Popular Electronics
> I got in the '60s, which described the theremin as having two plates, which
> functioned as antennas.  The distance of a hand from one plate determined
> the pitch, and the distance of a hand from the other plate determined the
> volume.
>
> A couple of months ago I heard an interview with the musician who played the
> electronic instrument on Good Vibrations.  Apparently he took a theremin and
> modified it, giving it something like a keyboard.  This allowed him to hit
> specific pitches.  No other of the same design as his were ever made, and he
> years ago he donated his instrument to a school for the deaf, to use for
> testing hearing.
>
> I wonder - since the theremin is not touched when you play it, would the
> ultra-observant allow it to be played on Shabbat?  Given the sound of the
> theremin, I find the idea rather unnerving.

(/;-)>

I have always wondered the same thing
--halakhically-speaking--
regarding "kosher" imitation bacon bits.

And "shabes elevators."

Wolf





Wolf

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> Jacob Bloom
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> Subject: Re: Theremin (nokh a bisl tsulib dem theremin...)
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> >
> >
> > The title of the film about the theremin is:
> > "Theremin:  An Electronic Odyssey"
> > Dir:  Steve M. Martin
> > MGM  (Availalble on viveo).
> >
> > Pop music fans may recall the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations",
> > which included the theremin.
> >
> > Wolf
> >
> >
>

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