In the late 1950s, trombonist Paul Tanner and amateur inventor Bob Whitsell developed an instrument to mimic the sound of a theremin. The Electro-Theramin used a different control mechanism but ...

What do the sci-fi movies of the 50s and the Rolling Stones have in common? They both owe something to Leon Theremin. An electronic genius, he invented the theremin, a musical instrument you play by ...

As Wikipedia describes the theremin’s control: The instrument’s controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas that sense the relative position of the thereminist’s hands and control ...

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the Theremin. It was way back in 1920 that Lev Sergeyevich Termen, better known as Leon Theremin in the west, first demonstrated one of the most important ...

For this biography, Glinsky admirably resurrects the name of Leon Theremin, the Soviet inventor of an electronic musical instrument played by moving one's hands in the space between two antennae, but ...