Bob Moog has died. It's hard to overestimate how much he changed the face of modern music.

What? No bites?!!

"(...) It was once again in the U.S.A. that (...) a certain Robert Moog, fourteen-year-old with a passion for electronics, built himself a homemade Theremin, copying the plans from a magazine. Moog would shortly become the inventor of the first musical synthesizer called, none other than: the Moog. And the Big Briar, Bob Moog’s American industry, still builds various models of the Theremin, selling them even on the Internet and in build-it-yourself kits: all it takes is a ‘clic’ and $299 to receive a kit with the “unforgettable” instrument right at home, complete with a demonstration video.

[Paolo Beretta, “Suonare e non toccare,” in Avvenire, Milano, 3 gennaio 2001]

Unfortunately, the Russian musician / inventor never knew about these events, so rich in favorable prospects."

That's from http://www.thereminvox.com/article/articleview/8/1/1/

Just for kicks and giggles, enjoy this photo taken from page 3.

Yes, I built one back about the time Kennedy was shot. 6V6's and a single 6L6 in class A to an old Zenith radio speaker. Worked pretty good after I decoupled the plate voltage from the antennas!

There seems to be some sort of a bug or error on my part on the image link. Sorry. THIS works: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Bogdaddy/1929ThereminAd.jpg