From: mike@hotmail.com   
      
   "thesonoftruth"  wrote in message   
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   >   
   > Alpha wrote:   
   > > Then document the video (time place date).  You will not be able to   
   since   
   > > you are completely wrong.   
   >   
   > That's going to take some digging, and you are not worth it. I saw this   
   > at least 20 years ago and did not videotape it. If someone else is   
   > interested, I might consider the effort. Video showed Mike looking   
   > farther out than usual, using both hands to control the Theremin "leg".   
   > I have seen many video clips of him playing the Tannerin strip, but   
   > this one was different. It may even have been tied in with an   
   > anniversary compilation package.<   
      
   Okay guys, enough is enough. First off - the Tannerin device is what is used   
   in the Smile doc. (See the above posts for links to Paul's website.) This is   
   also the instrument used on "Live at The Roxy" and subsequent live   
   performances by Wilson such as "Pet Sounds Live".   
      
   Now, the original recording of GV was not on a real Theremin. Again, I think   
   it was a Ondes Martinot-type device / Tannerin-type instrument but I can't   
   look this up right now. For certain, it was *not* a real two antenna   
   Theremin. (Pitch is too accurate.)   
      
   The GV 'white-suit' video has Mike playing a Moog ribbon controller hooked   
   up to some sort of Moog device. In the Moog documentary, an associate of   
   Moog clearly remembers Steve Korthoff coming to Moog Music and asking if   
   this effect could be produced live. It was dubbed the Moog Stringer - but   
   shortly thereafter was always the Moog Ribbon Controller. This is the   
   instrument interface Love is playing / miming to in the video.   
      
   So - the original GV 'Theremin' is an unknown but Tanner-like box. The live   
   BB gigs were probably the Moog Ribbon, and the recent solo Wilson   
   performances are without question the newest version of the 'Tannerin".   
      
   As a footnote: While Wilson is featured in the film "Theremin - an   
   Electronic Odessey" - it's simply not true an actual dual-antenna Theremin   
   was used on the recording. If I have time, I can dig out the Keith Badman   
   book and find out who played the damn thing.   
      
   So, to answer the original poster - A "Tannerin" was used on the new Smile.   
   Mike T.   
      
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