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Theremin
Alternate name:Theraminvox
Alternate name:Aetherphon
Date: 1930 ca.
Place Made:New York, New York, United States, North America
Model: AR-1264
Serial No: none
SignedLabel inside cabinet, on lower, left-hand side: JAMESTOWN / MANTEL COMPANY/ Jamestown, N. Y.
DescriptionTraveling model with screw-in legs
All parts in 2 cases
All parts in 2 cases
DimensionsHeight: 1190 mm
Width: 485 mm
Depth: 320 mm
(case only, not antennas)
Width: 485 mm
Depth: 320 mm
(case only, not antennas)
ProvenanceUsed by Charles D. Stein of Lyon & Healy, Chicago, in demonstrations and lecture- recitals throughout the state of Indiana, southern Michigan, southeastern Wisconsin, and the greater Chicago area, 1930-1934. Played by Stein for 4 months at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, May 16-September 29, 1934 and at Texas Contennial Exposition, Dallas, June 6-20, 1936.
Terms
Credit Line: Gift of Howard F. and Nance Cunningham Stein, 1996
Not on view
Published ReferencesMargaret Banks, “Please Don't Touch the Theremin! Stein Collection of Electronic Instruments Donated to Museum,” The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 23, No. 3 (April 1996), pp. 1-3.
Object number: 05936