TUNING digest 1345

Jon writes:
I am looking for a theremin player!
Anyone you can recommend in the LA/San Diego area that can read and play?
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I bet Robert Moog, at Big Briar can tell you who is playing where. He has
been traveling all over the country with his theremins. ( I got one, it is
the ultimate "air" machine).
And for the possible "thereminists-to-be-maybe-if-I-find-one-more-reason-
to-get-one" out there, when it comes time for the amp, I strongly recommend
that you get one with not only reverb, but also chorus effect. The really
clean, dry, theremin sound is strong, but extremely difficult to do without a
lot of woodsheddin'. It is surprising how fast things get rusty when your
chops are waving.
The instrument really comes alive with some phase activity going on. I
suppose this effect may share some psycho-affective territory within which
tempering operates. Speaking of tempering...........
The historical temperament crusade added another head (University piano
department) to the converted. After a weekend of Young, Beethoven, and
Steinway, Dr. Reed, at Lipscomb University, called me late Sunday, saying he
was a changed man! This was his first exposure to Well Tempering, and two
days later, he played his Sabbatical recital( a biggie), on a temperament he
didn't know existed a week before.
Someone tell McClaren that another pebble has fallen off the "ET
monolith".
Regards to all,
Ed Foote
Precision Piano Works
Nashville, Tn.
The CD liner notes from "Beethoven In The Temperaments" are now on a web page
http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/history/edfoote.html