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Theremin

Alternate name(s)
  • Theraminvox
  • Aetherphon
Date1930 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
ModelAR-1264
Serial No.200138
SignedExactly the same as label in #4154 (see copy in this file)
Label inside cabinet, on lower, left-hand side: JAMESTOWN / MANTEL COMPANY/ Jamestown, N. Y.
MarkingsStamped on brass plaque nailed inside cabinet: 200138
DescriptionTraveling model with screw-in legs
All parts in 2 cases

Speaker in cabinet-style, identical to NMM 5936 & NMM 4154.

Note that RCA theremins with serial numbers in the format 200XXX were made by Westinghouse, and those in format 100XXX by General Electric. See https://www.rcatheremin.com/identification.php
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.
Credit LineGift of Howard F. and Nance Cunningham Stein, 1996
Object number05935
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