RCA Theremin & Talking Machine

The theremin in this video is the instrument that once belonged to Julius Goldberg, the partner and personal assistant of Russian inventor Leon Theremin. This is a 1929 RCA theremin that was customized by Goldberg in the early 1930’s and provided with “lightning bolt“ volume and pitch antennas. In this video, I am using an ELECTRO-HARMONIX “Talking Machine“ on a fixed, open “AH“ sound, which lends to the tone a remarkable likeness to a human tenor. The theremin has often been compared to an “electric sopra