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{{quote|''"It hasn't got six strings, but it's a lot of fun!"''|'''[[Led Zeppelin|Jimmy Page]]'''}}

The [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Theremin theremin] (aka termenvox) is an electronic instrument developed in the 1920s. The player waves his hands near its antennas, using the electrical conductance of the body to alter the sound. It creates a very pure tone, and sounds like a lower-pitched version of someone tuning in an old-fashioned radio to a test signal. It's essentially a primitive analog synthesizer with an [[Unusual User Interface]], or a [[Real Life]] [[Xenophone]].

The [[wikipedia:Theremin|theremin]] (aka termenvox) is an electronic instrument developed in the 1920s. The player waves his hands near its antennas, using the electrical conductance of the body to alter the sound. It creates a very pure tone, and sounds like a lower-pitched version of someone tuning in an old-fashioned radio to a test signal. It's essentially a primitive analog synthesizer with an [[Unusual User Interface]], or a [[Real Life]] [[Xenophone]].

The [[Zeerust|retrofuturistic]] and haunting sound of the Theremin is closely associated with [[Speculative Fiction]] and horror from the black-and-white era, but it shows up in some very odd places.