AETHERPHON, global theremin family

In the words of another comedian named Bob "Thanks for the Memories"!

I *think* my first musical toy and a scale miniature piano, I really only
remember it from a couple old family photos of me sitting at it (Man! I used
to sit up straight when I was small what the heck happened?) and my Mom told
me I'd sit there for hours.  The only thing left of the little piano is the
stool which I still have as a step stool, they made things better then I
guess.  Later I got a Sears 'color' organ, a little plastic organ I
eventually took apart to so I could play it by blowing into the feeder tube
of the reed keyboard, like my mechanical dinosaur I could never get it back
together into working condition again.

When Radio Shack first opened I remember playing with my Radio Shack
electronic circuits kit which consisted of peg board and basic electrical
doo-dads you could hook together and make little radios or dimmer controlled
pin lights but I really wanted it to be like a synthesizer and got bored
with it;  the *best* toy arrived when cassette players became mass and
cheap: the Realistic knob controlled cassette player.  Spent hours and days
putting layers of the thick tape from the Label Maker on the erase head to
do sound on sound recording using my famaly's portable fold up record player
I was always sneaking into my room or I'd sneak it into the church with me
when I went to practice on their old Hammond and make layered drones.

Thanks again, I love hearing 'bout you all's toys, this was a great flash
back.

-- 
Skål - jh


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