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    Recreated documents

    Replica RCA Theremin Documents Now Available

    Mike Buffington of RCATheremin.com teamed up with Forgotten Futures, the non-profit organization founded by the multi-instrumentalist Wally De Backer, also known as Gotye, to create reproductions of four rare documents about the RCA Theremin. In line with...

    Project Aims to Illuminate the Legacy of Juliet Shaw

    Kip Rosser has embarked on a new project to explore and document the work of pianist/thereminist Juliet Shaw. The project is seeking donations to help preserve Juliet Shaw's unique theremin and musical/media archives for generations to come. You can learn...

    The Second Victor Theremin Prototype

    The Second Generation RCA Victor Theremin Prototype

    Continuing on our celebration of the RCA Theremin Registry’s 25th anniversary, RCATheremin.com is excited and proud to unveil this one-of-a-kind, rarest RCA Theremin in the world, the The Second Generation RCA Victor Theremin Prototype. Find out what has...

    Greenfield Theremin

    The RCA Theremin Registry Turns 25!

    This Wednesday, April 14th, The RCA Theremin Registry will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. Started here at thereminworld.com in 1996, it was adopted in 2012 and expanded by Andrew Baron and Mike Buffington, the founders of RCATheremin.com....

    Leon Theremin with his invention

    When Was The Theremin Invented?

    As the 100th anniversary of the theremin draws closer, we explore an often asked (and incorrectly answered) question. When was the theremin invented? According to the book Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage by Dr. Albert Glinsky, Lev Termen had been...

    Etherwave Theremin

    Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast - The Theremin

    Audio-oriented podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz recently featured an episode about the theremin. The show describes itself as telling the "stories of the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds." In this episode, host Dallas Taylor discusses the...

    Neil Young's RCA Theremin To Be Auctioned

    Music Legend Neil Young apparently owns an RCA Theremin that will be auctioned off on December 9th as part of a large collection of his items. According to Mike Buffington from RCATheremin.com , this is serial number 200076 and is a Westinghouse cabinet....

    Teletouch Theremin

    Original Teletouch Theremin to be Auctioned at Sotheby's

    An incredibly rare original Teletouch theremin built by Professor Leon Theremin himself will be auctioned by Sotheby's auction house on December 12th. The theremin is listed as being fully restored and in operational condition. While there are no...

    Help Restore A Theremin Built By Lev Termen Himself

    Remember that instrument built by Lev Termen himself that appeared at Moog Music's headquarters last year? The story is pretty amazing... Daniel Bass bought it at an auction near Asheville, NC and then took it to Moog Music to have it inspected....

    Clara Rockmore Google Doodle

    Google Doodle Celebrates Clara Rockmore's Birthday

    To help celebrate Clara Rockmore's 105th birthday on March 9th, Google has produced an interactive Doodle that lets you play a few notes of  The Swan. We're so grateful to Google for putting Clara Rockmore in the spotlight that we'll overlook the fact...