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   Re: Theremin On Smile DVD   
   19 Nov 05 14:43:24   
   
   XPost: alt.music.makers.theremin, alt.video.dvd, rec.music.artists.beach-boys   
   From: none@none.net   
      
   "thesonoftruth"  wrote in message   
   news:1132375327.020630.156560@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > Jan Dean wrote:   
   >> TODD TAMANEND CLARK wrote:   
   >> > How much theremin usage is there on the "Brian Wilson   
   >> > Presents Smile" DVD?   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> None.   
   >>   
   >> The thingy on Good Vibrations isn't a REAL theremin.   
   >>   
   > I've read many arguments regarding this, but there is video footage of   
   > Mike Love using a theremin leg, as well as later ones with the tone   
   > strip.   
   >   
   >   
   >> Try Lothar and the Hand People.   
   > Excellent!   
   >   
      
   It is NOT a theremin.  It is an electro-theremin aka Tannerin, invented by   
   Paul Tanner of UCLA.   
      
   If you see the actual videos of Good Vibrations, there is no theremin.  It   
   is a ribbon-controlled device.   
      
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