Rockin’ Patent – “Apparatus For The Generation Of Sounds”
Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. US 1,661,058 Filed: 5 December 1925 In the name of: Leo Theremin (Inventor) Title: Method Of And Apparatus For The Generation Of Sounds What’s claimed: “A tone generating system controlled by the hand and comprising an electrical circuit embodying an oscillation generator, means in said circuit including a conductor having a field which when influenced by a hand moving therein will vary the resonant frequency of said circuit according to the movement of said hand only, and a sound reproducer connected with said circuit for emitting tones according to the electrical variations occurring in the circuit”. […]