Gakken releases premium theremin

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By Collin Cunningham
Posted 2009/01/28 @ 2:57 pm
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photo by sadnoiss on Flickr

Gakken recently released a relatively low cost deluxe theremin. Complete with iconic antennae configuration, the instrument sounds quite nice indeed. After a brief tour through relevant user-made vids, I suspect it’s inspired many to actually learn how to play music the easy-to-pick-up-difficult-to-master device (and that’s cool in and of itself) – Gakken Premium (Google translation) [via Theremin World]

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6 Responses to Gakken releases premium theremin

Charlie Lesoine on January 28th, 2009 at 3:18 pm said:

MAn this looks sweet. If only I didn’t already have a theremin…I mean how many theremins does a man need? Considering I can’t even play a proper scale or melody….

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Sadnoiss on January 29th, 2009 at 4:06 am said:

Ha, you found my photo!
Please note that I am a big fan of this blog and also a subscriber to the magazine!

Desperatly looking for a scene like yours here in Germany …

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Collin Cunningham on January 29th, 2009 at 4:49 am said:

@Sadnoiss – thanks for posting the pics – and subscribing!

Hmmm, ever consider organizing a meetup or a hacker group?

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Tracy Nash on January 29th, 2009 at 8:11 am said:

Well, you can’t have too many theremins IMHO Will this appear in the Maker Store soon?

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Collin Cunningham on January 29th, 2009 at 8:17 am said:

@Tracy – I hope so! I’ll definitely send word when I know for sure.

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Jack of Most Trades. on January 29th, 2009 at 10:43 am said:

“Too many” and “Musical Instruments” are 2 phrases that don’t go together. Come to think of it, there’s a lot of things “Too many” doesn’t go with… Bicycles… Radios… Clocks… Houseplants…. Cats… No, scratch that, there *IS* such a thing as “Too many Cats”…

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