bandersen
03-15-2010, 08:45 PM
I picked up yet another set of vintage rabbit ears. The box arrived today, but was a good 10lbs heavier than I expected :scratch2:
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Turns out the seller stuffed the box with vintage electronics magazines! Looks like a bunch of fun reading :D I always wanted to build a theremin.
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bgadow
03-15-2010, 09:39 PM
You'll find some excellent reading there. Electronic Technician might be the best since it is geared towards TV repairmen and has lots of great tips.
old_tv_nut
03-16-2010, 02:43 AM
Is that a sick coyote? No it's just the neighbor playing his Theremin.
Do a search on Clara Rockmore, who was perhaps the only truly successful Theremin player (although there are amateurs today who try to reach her level of skill).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Rockmore
bandersen
03-16-2010, 03:38 PM
Is that a sick coyote? No it's just the neighbor playing his Theremin.
Do a search on Clara Rockmore, who was perhaps the only truly successful Theremin player (although there are amateurs today who try to reach her level of skill).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Rockmore
LOL. There's an excellent documentary on Theremin: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108323/ I've watched it a bunch of times - it's quite a tale.
This article was written by Bob Moog who also appears in the documentary.
I really like the old ads in these magazines. Fun to see the ones for equipment I actually have :D
I was also surprised to see how much this stuff cost back then. $75 for a B&K 440 in 1961 - that's about $500 adjusted for inflation to 2009 !
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Buy Philco tubes and get some jewelry :)
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How about this artists concept of a swank 1961 pad ?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4439185000_cfdb563ca4_b.jpg
Dan Starnes
03-16-2010, 04:18 PM
You got a little gold mine in a box.