Theremin Player for "Alien Trespass" on PBS, June 28!!

[peter johnson]

"Alien Trespass" is a great, fun bad movie in the old school style - its premise is that it's a recently rediscovered science fiction film that was really made in the '60's.  The guy who did all the Theremin playing in it is going to be on PBS's "History Detectives" on the 28th - Apparently one of only 6 known hand-built original Theremins from Lev Segeyevitch Termen (Leon Theremin in America) has surfaced, and Rob Schwimmer is getting to play it on-air:

Thereminist Rob Schwimmer in History Detectives--PBS
KATONAH, NY – June 28, 2010 Virtuoso thereminist Robert Schwimmer figures prominently in a HISTORY DETECTIVES episode set to air on PBS on Monday, June 28th, at 9pm Eastern Time/8pm Central Time. 
A viewer of the popular PBS series believes he has one of the fewer than six instruments still in the United States that Leon Theremin built himself.  To validate his claim, HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray consults with experts at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts.
In New York City, Elyse asks Robert Schwimmer play the instrument.  Schwimmer and his theremin have graced the stage with Simon and Garfunkel and many others.
Here's more about what we're investigating
THEREMIN
A man from Santa Fe, New Mexico bought a theremin off e-Bay. When his theremin arrived, our contributor was excited to find an unusual document tacked to the inside of the cabinet.  The letterhead paper bore the address to the Theremin Studios in New York City. Does our contributor have one of the fewer than six instruments still in the US that Leon Theremin built himself? History Detective host, Elyse Luray, travels to the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York to consult with experts.  Then Elyse flies to Santa Fe to share her results with the contributor.
If you've never seen a theremin, you've undoubtedly heard one.  One of the first electronic instruments, and the only instrument played without touching, the theremin makes eerie, ethereal music, the kind that creates uncertainty and suspense in movie sound tracks. Robert Moog, creator of the electric synthesizer, called the theremin "a vital cornerstone of our contemporary music technology."
HISTORY DETECTIVES is a popular PBS series where history investigators crisscross the country, delving into legends, folklore and personal histories to discover potentially extraordinary objects in everyday American homes, cities and small towns. Lion Television and Oregon Public Broadcasting co-produce the series. Find out more about the series at our website: HYPERLINK "http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/"http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/

This is some royally rare stuff, people - as a (very poor) Theremin player myself, I'm looking forward to this one!

peter johnson/denny wwooooooWWWHHHOOPPPMMMMooeeeooo . . . crane