Theremin 101: How to sound like a flying saucer

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Pamelia Stickney performing in 2009

Remember the eerie flying saucer sound effect from old B-movies? It's produced by a theremin, the only instrument you play without touching. Kurt Andersen gets a lesson from theremin virtuoso Pamelia Stickney.

Kurt's theremin lesson:

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Pamelia Stickney performs:

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(Originally aired September 4, 2009)

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