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Keppinger Theremins
Mark Keppinger has designed a modern tube theremin that is truly a thing of beauty. Mark has taken care to design the circuit to reproduce that throaty tube theremin sound with parts easily found today.
Several of our readers have taken on the challenge of building one of these instruments. If you'd like to join them, look below to find everything you need to know.
Keppinger Model K Schematic
Robert George supplied this schematic for the Keppinger Model K tube theremin.
Keppinger Tube Theremin Schematics and Component List, by J. Sparks
Jeff Sparks kindly drafted these highly detailed schematics for the famous tube theremin design by Mark Keppinger. Jeff has included a component list as well for those of you who wish to build your own MK theremin. You'll need a PDF viewer to read the files:
- MK_Tube_Component_List_Rev_4.pdf - components list (updated 2/25/2010)
- MKschematic1.pdf
- MKschematic2.pdf
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