One hundred years ago — when urban architecture was straining skyward, the radio was becoming a household item, and great strides were being made in aviation technology — Russian physicist Lev ...

Discover the fascinating world of the theremin, an enchanting electronic instrument played without touch, invented by Leon ...

None of this applied, mind you, to seven-year-old Carolina Eyck, studying classical violin and piano in East Germany in the ’90s. The theremin in the loungeroom was just another gizmo Dad acquired for ...

In a darkened movie theater, a spaceship hovers high on the big screen. Eerie music wafts in like ectoplasm filling a room. It’s strange and foreboding, like the sound of a disembodied voice, a ...

I went to a premiere tonight of some locally produced movies (locally being New Orleans, not my tribus). While I tend not to be too excited about amateur movies, as I don't like pork much, it was a ...

Say hello to the badgermin, the strangest instrument ever to accompany a piano. Why did someone decide to convert a badger’s body into a playable theremin? Badgermin don’t care. And, if you find the ...

Carolina Eyck was given a theremin when she was seven. At 16, she revolutionised the method used to play the instrument. Credit: Ananda Costa The theremin is an instrument like no other, because it ...

SHERIDAN — Musical instruments come in all shapes, sizes and colors. The variations are nearly endless, but most people know a musical instrument when they see one. That may not be the case for the ...

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