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Dean

What do these names have in common?

Avedis Zildjian
Léon Theremin
Harold Rhodes
Les Paul
Robert Moog
Don Leslie
Laurens Hammond
Leo Fender
Harry Chamberlin

Can you guess?

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Cybrludite (mail) (www):

They all created musical instruments associated with rock &roll. (Or bad 1950's B-movies, the the case of Theremin...)

8.23.2005 2:08am

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O. F. Jay (www):

Dayum. Answers come quick here on DW.

8.23.2005 2:12am

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caltechgirl (www):

And they're all the namesakes of their relative instruments/brands.

8.23.2005 2:13am

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Paul Burgess (www):

What do these names have in common?

They all have an "e" in them.

8.23.2005 8:54am

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Dean Esmay:

Don't diss the Theremin. Songs like "Good Vibrations" wouldn't be the same without it. ;-)

8.23.2005 9:25am

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Phil Massey (www):

All have 46 chromosomes per DNA strand?

8.23.2005 9:28am

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Ronin (mail):

People have wrong ideas about the Theremin, becasue over time, it has mostly been drug-addled "musicians" have tried to fool around with it, and have made people think that the Theremin is a joke. However, in the hands of a real musician, it can be a very interesting instrument.

8.23.2005 9:50am

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IB Bill (mail) (www):

Interesting post. I had no idea there was a guy named Avedis Zildjian ... is he Turkish or something? (Googled, yes, he's Turkish.)

You know, you could made up a name in there and I never would've guessed: Like "Mike Slingerland" or "Sara Ludwig," or "Billy Joe Pearl."

I was suspicious of Leo Fender, for example. But he's a real guy.

Fascinating trivia, Dean.

BTW, I had no idea there was a guy named Moog. 'Til he died. RIP, Mr. Moog.

8.23.2005 10:13am

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Dean Esmay:

Ronin: You're quite right about the Theremin. One of the best documentaries I ever saw was Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey. What a great--and tragic--story.

Bill: technically, Zildjian is an Armenian name. A very old one. The "ian" is a giveaway, it's like "ski" for the poles.

Interesting, isn't it, that it's no longer the standard practice to name a company or product after its founder or inventor? Indeed, people think of Donald Trump as being arrogant for naming his company and products after himself, yet in earlier generations that was simply the normal thing to do.

By the way, in case anyone's curious, yes, Caltechgirl got it right, all of those men created musical instruments wildly popular with rock and roll (and country, blues, funk, jazz, and soul) musicians. Except for Zildjian, they were all 20th century inventors. Zildjian was a 17th century alchemist.

8.23.2005 12:17pm

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Tyrone Steels II (mail) (www):

I have a 1977 Minimoog synthesizer in pristine shape. I will never part with that gem of musical genius. Some people look at the Moog synthesizer as cute and weird (which it is) but in capable hands (such as myself), you can create soundscapes of electronic loveliness. Just ask Wendy Carlos, the Queen of Electronic Music since 1968.

8.23.2005 1:08pm

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triticale (mail) (www):

W Carlos was not yet exactly the Queen of Electronic Music as of 1968...

And what did Chamberlin invent, chamber music?

8.24.2005 9:49pm

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Arnold Harris (mail):

I googled up some stuff on the Chamberlin MusicMaster. A sort of piano with multiple built-in keyboards.

So there's your answer, I think.

But I'd be easy to fool. I don't know dick about music.

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb wI

8.24.2005 10:21pm