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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: 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.
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
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
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: 05935