The Owl Theremin is a custom taxidermy + custom electronic instrument project created by Nervous Squirrel.
Features:
- The theremin is a PAiA Theremax.
- The owl is a Southern Boobok.
- The owl rests on a sliding carriage, which can slide along four vertical bars fixed inside the log. When the motor is turned on, a winch mechanism winds a length of sash cord, which loops over the top of a second pulley, which in turn lifts up the sliding carriage. When the carriage reaches the top, a limit switch is automatically pressed, switching off the motor. For the owl to descend, the owl activation switch is flipped once more, reversing the polarity of the motor, allowing the carriage to be lowered down onto another limit switch.
- The antennae disconnect for ease of transportation, and the lower half of the stand can be unbolted.
- There’s an ‘activate owl’ switch.
Here’s another view:
Modern art? Nonsense? Or both? You make the call!
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Does an owl theremin say woo-hoo?
Scarier than Slender man. Not that I’m scared of Slender man. My landlord is a lawyer and she’s scarier than Slender man.
I could not find a video of this owl theremin, but I did find this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E59_fE3hfb8&hd=1. I guess it makes about as much sense?
I hope the boobok was not sacrificed to make this. No amount of cleansing could unsully such an unsavory act.
This is both macabre and pointless…
Just horrible.
I wish I had an Activate Owl switch on my theremin.
Those who Dare, win! Chances are most people will not surpass this with what they do. Its not exactly my thing, but props for creating something original.
Ah, and yet another human that needs to be recycled.
it reminds me of that cat organ instrument
Seriously? And Synthopia feels the need to cover this? Give me a break, guys.
Yeah! What is this, TaxidermiedAnimalInstrumentTopia?!
Instead of a VCO or DCO, it has a OCO. Owl controller oscillator.
Wrong. It’s all there, black and white, clear as crystal! Wrong.