How To Build A Mini-Theremin In 60 Seconds

This is an accelerated assembly video for the $29.95 Gakken Mini-Theremin kit, via Make Magazine.
Description:
The theremin, invented in 1919 by Russian scientist Leon Theremin,
is one of the world’s earliest fully electronic instruments, and is
also unique in that it was the first musical instrument designed to be
played without being touched. The eerie, other-wordly tones as heard in
the films mentioned above are created by the proximity of the player’s
hands to the metal antennas, with the resulting radio frequency
interference being transformed into musical tones. Instructions are in
Japanese but features highly detailed assembly pictures, sorry no
English translation at this time. Easy to build and play!

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