Our RCA Loudspeaker 106: How the First Electronic Instrument, the Theremin, was Heard.
A couple of weeks ago, some folks came into our shop looking to consign this thing:
Was this going to be another what the heck is it? Luckily for us, there was a label on the back:
Hmm….an RCA Loudspeaker 106 Electro-Dynamic. That’s what we had to work with. So this is some sort of speaker for a radio then. I mean, look at it. Any speaker I’m familiar with wouldn’t have a tapestry image like the one on the front. This speaker was actually manufactured to look...
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A couple of weeks ago, some folks came into our shop looking to consign this thing:
Was this going to be another what the heck is it? Luckily for us, there was a label on the back:
Hmm….an RCA Loudspeaker 106 Electro-Dynamic. That’s what we had to work with. So this is some sort of speaker for a radio then. I mean, look at it. Any speaker I’m familiar with wouldn’t have a tapestry image like the one on the front. This speaker was actually manufactured to look...