Joey - First post - interest in theremin
2009-12-07 by Mary Jones
Thank you. I'm downloading these videos at the site and will watch them as soon as I can. Merrie --- j.swails@... wrote:
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From: "joey58585" <j.swails@...> To: aetherphon@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Aetherphon] Re: First post - interest in theremin Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:36:38 -0000 --- In aetherphon@yahoogroups.com, "echoplex" <echoplex@...> wrote: > I concur with Kevin, the Moog Etherwave standard is a great start > (and well beyond). A somewhat less expensive alternative is the Burns B3 Deluxe, which runs $200. http://www.soundslikeburns.com The B3 Deluxe is not a toy or a novelty box, it's a fully playable, two-antenna instrument with a five octave range (the website has many videos of professional players using it.) It's very "basic" - unlike the Etherwave it has no tone controls. It's one tone is very "mellow", where the Etherwave has controls to make the tone brighter. Burns also offers the "basic" B3 instrument for $150, the difference being the box. The B3 is built into a smaller plastic box, so the antennas are a bit too close together to be played properly (theremin antennas should be at least 18" apart so as to not interfere with each other.) The B3 Deluxe is well worth the extra 50 bucks. Burns also makes a B3 Pro, which is housed in a nice wood finish cabinet with performance "preview" mute switch, but the price ($350) is getting close to the cost of an Etherwave.