I may not be able to play a theremin now.
I may not be able to play a theremin ever.
My talent is fixing / modifying / making things on cars and one of my specialties is the electrical system. (that would explain why I’ve had 3 1950’s cars in my garage with Lucas systems in the last few months, just do a search for “Lucas the price of darkness” and you’ll know why)
Anyway, my plan is to document with pictures, the step by step process of assembling the Moog Etherwave Theremin Kit. (I do this all the time for a car forum that I frequent).
My goal is to convince the next new addict that it can be done fairly easily. (or convince them to spend the extra $50 and buy it premade)
Since I am unfamiliar with this forum, I need help from some of the old timers on how things work around here.
This thread will have a lot of pictures. So far, when I’ve tried to put a pic in a thread it is resized down to a tiny thumbnail. Is there anyway else I can do it so the pic is say 640*480 to show detail or do I have to hyperlink to the full sized pic.
(Jason can probably answer this question for me)
I will simply keep editing this post as things progress rather than adding new responses.
My kit is on order but probably won’t be here until 11/7 or 11/8, so no need to bother checking this thread again until then
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i just had the strongest feeling of de jah vue
11/07 just starting, give me some time...
no pics until 11/09
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Objective: to educate theremin fans of what is involved to assemble the moog etherwave kit.
I’m not going to touch on which theremin is the best for a beginner, that’s a personal choice. But if you decided a etherwave is the one for you, this may help you decide if you want the “kit” or one assembled by Moog.
I can only see 3 possible reasons to get the kit over the assembled unit
1. To save money
2. You enjoy tinkering with gadgets and what to know “you” brought your etherwave to life.
3. You wanted to modify or change the appearance of it.
Options 2 and 3 are internal thoughts / feelings that will be solely within you.
I can only point out facts for number 1.
The kit is readily available for 329 with free shipping or a built unit for 379.
So $50.00 difference… who wouldn’t want to save 50 bucks.
But that’s up front costs.
There are tools and other supplies that you will need to put it together. If you don’t already have them, you’ll have to buy them. And that will drive the cost up.
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I choose to get the kit because I wanted the case to be stained instead of the standard black paint.
I will try to document the assembly process with pictures and descriptions every step of the way.
Since I couldn’t find any copyright information on the building and playing the Moog Etherwave Theremin booklet that I have, I’m just going to copy it and add my photos and comments along the way.
Please note that I am sarcastic and have a dry humor. Try to keep that in mind while reading any of my side notes. And do your best to ignore typos. Thanks and I hope this helped.
I don’t know if you’ve ever had to assemble something from a kit but the first thing I do is compare all the parts I have with the packing list.
This does two things.
You make sure you have everything that is supposed to be in the kit, now while there’s still time to do something about it.
And you become familiar with the parts. This was helpful here because some of the items look almost the same but were just a little different. The instruction manual did in fact point these difference out but it would be possible to have overlooked that line during assembly.
The PDF file of the instructions can be found here
http://moogmusic.com
I may not be able to play a theremin ever.
My talent is fixing / modifying / making things on cars and one of my specialties is the electrical system. (that would explain why I’ve had 3 1950’s cars in my garage with Lucas systems in the last few months, just do a search for “Lucas the price of darkness” and you’ll know why)
Anyway, my plan is to document with pictures, the step by step process of assembling the Moog Etherwave Theremin Kit. (I do this all the time for a car forum that I frequent).
My goal is to convince the next new addict that it can be done fairly easily. (or convince them to spend the extra $50 and buy it premade)
Since I am unfamiliar with this forum, I need help from some of the old timers on how things work around here.
This thread will have a lot of pictures. So far, when I’ve tried to put a pic in a thread it is resized down to a tiny thumbnail. Is there anyway else I can do it so the pic is say 640*480 to show detail or do I have to hyperlink to the full sized pic.
(Jason can probably answer this question for me)
I will simply keep editing this post as things progress rather than adding new responses.
My kit is on order but probably won’t be here until 11/7 or 11/8, so no need to bother checking this thread again until then
*******************************************************
i just had the strongest feeling of de jah vue
11/07 just starting, give me some time...
no pics until 11/09
*************************************
***************************
**********
Objective: to educate theremin fans of what is involved to assemble the moog etherwave kit.
I’m not going to touch on which theremin is the best for a beginner, that’s a personal choice. But if you decided a etherwave is the one for you, this may help you decide if you want the “kit” or one assembled by Moog.
I can only see 3 possible reasons to get the kit over the assembled unit
1. To save money
2. You enjoy tinkering with gadgets and what to know “you” brought your etherwave to life.
3. You wanted to modify or change the appearance of it.
Options 2 and 3 are internal thoughts / feelings that will be solely within you.
I can only point out facts for number 1.
The kit is readily available for 329 with free shipping or a built unit for 379.
So $50.00 difference… who wouldn’t want to save 50 bucks.
But that’s up front costs.
There are tools and other supplies that you will need to put it together. If you don’t already have them, you’ll have to buy them. And that will drive the cost up.
*
*
*
I choose to get the kit because I wanted the case to be stained instead of the standard black paint.
I will try to document the assembly process with pictures and descriptions every step of the way.
Since I couldn’t find any copyright information on the building and playing the Moog Etherwave Theremin booklet that I have, I’m just going to copy it and add my photos and comments along the way.
Please note that I am sarcastic and have a dry humor. Try to keep that in mind while reading any of my side notes. And do your best to ignore typos. Thanks and I hope this helped.
I don’t know if you’ve ever had to assemble something from a kit but the first thing I do is compare all the parts I have with the packing list.
This does two things.
You make sure you have everything that is supposed to be in the kit, now while there’s still time to do something about it.
And you become familiar with the parts. This was helpful here because some of the items look almost the same but were just a little different. The instruction manual did in fact point these difference out but it would be possible to have overlooked that line during assembly.
The PDF file of the instructions can be found here
http://moogmusic.com
