6 May 2011

Steampunk theremin, finished

Brass, iron, wood, and leather: The Steamy Remin ready for playing. Front:


















Back:

























Clockwork details...


Raimbow LEDs...















The Meter and the special Steampunk logo


A porthole-styled speaker is a great Steampunk addition!


 

Steampunk theremin: the making




Building a Steampunk theremin is a tough challenge, but I could count on some friends' help both for design and manual help. Thanks to Barbara for the styling and to Sergio for woodworking, wiring, plumbing...





We started from a base concept and a few parts:



Then we began the work by conditioning a Jeroboam wine bottle's wooden box:


Then uhm, you have to choose the parts's placement.


On the workbench, after drilling, before elctrical wirings...


Whitefrost A modulable analog White Noise generator for electronic music. Why have I designed this instrument? Well I felt the need ...

Listen to my tracks...