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Also known as thereminvox, aetherphone, etherphone, thereminophone, termenvox

The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named after its inventor, Leon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928.

Key facts

Instrument.name
Theremin
Instrument.background
electronic
Instrument.image
Etherwave Theremin Kit.jpg
Instrument.image_capt
A Moog Etherwave, assembled from a theremin kit: the loop antenna on the left controls the volume while the upright antenna controls the pitch.
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
531.1
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
Electrophone
Instrument.inventors
Leon Theremin
Instrument.developed
1920; patented in 1928

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Has part
antenna
Image
Etherwave Theremin Kit.jpg
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Commons gallery
Theremin
Commons category
Theremin
Hornbostel-Sachs classification
531.1
discoverer or inventor
Leon Theremin
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