wood glue and some clamps to repair the broken wood - once it is set, just resolder the wire to the antenna. the real fun starts if the trim pots have gotten readjusted by the impact, since i use a spring antenna, i don't have to worry about that since i can just squeeze or stretch it to make the thing playable - damn the trim pots. you may consider seizing upon this as an opportunity to justify the purchase of a spare or a replacement, and then tell maggie, once you have repaired the broken theremin, in all seriousness, that since she broke the theremin, now she has to play it. the look on the child's face will be priceless. in a couple of years, you can do theremin duos. rupert --- David V <porphyrous@...> wrote: > Hello all, > > Well, Maggie, my 2 1/2 year old daughter, finally > did my theremin real > damage. I had it on a mic stand in the studio, and > had forgotten to put > it away, and Maggie knocked it over. It went into > the wall, pitch rod > first, and ripped the entire right end of my Big > Briar Etherwave > standard off, pitch rod and all. It appears to be a > clean break, with > just the wire from the pitch rod sticking out the > "inside" side of the > right panel. > > How difficult will this be to fix? Should I attempt > it myself or should > I take it to a service center? > > > -- > ----- > DAVID VESEL -- synthetic music for humans > http://davidv.purplenote.com > davidv@... > ----- > The Purple Note Radio Network: > Escape From Noise, vocal electronica, 11PM Mondays > http://efn.purplenote.com > Spellbound, music for theremin, 10PM Sundays > http://spellbound.purplenote.com > ----- > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
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Re: [SPELLBOUND-L] My theremin got Maggied
2006-12-12 by rupert chappelle
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