Tonight as I celebrated my friends birth, I stumbled upon an interesting documentary as she slept on the floor. The channel surfing seized as I and my TV watching buddy saw an old eccentric lady in all black complaining to a camera man about keeping his distance while she plays. Play what you might ask, well the Theremin of course.
The theremin I soon discovered is the instrument of the future, during 1923. Victor Theremin invented this electronic musical instrument that plays without contact to the instrument. The controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas which sense the position of the player's hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker.
Here is a video of a lovely woman playing the instrument.
