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Early use of open baffle speaker

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Russell Dawkins

Early use of open baffle speaker
« on: 30 Dec 2009, 01:24 am »
... as part of  RCA Victor's Theremin - to my mind one of the few good things RCA did...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSzTPGlNa5U&feature=related

Clara Rockmore playing. Notice the square baffle, point down, behind her. It looks like a 12" driver.
Her left hand controls volume with its relationship to the horizontal sensor/antenna underneath it (closer is quieter), while her right hand controls pitch with its relationship to the other, vertical, antenna (closer is higher frequency).
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Re: Early use of open baffle speaker
« Reply #1 on: 30 Dec 2009, 05:26 pm »
Great performance,  better than Dorit surely.  Thanks for post it.
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