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Image Not Available for Speaker (Radiola 106 model) for RCA theremin
Speaker (Radiola 106 model) for RCA theremin
Image Not Available for Speaker (Radiola 106 model) for RCA theremin

Speaker (Radiola 106 model) for RCA theremin

Radio Corporation of America
1928–29
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniqueWood, textile
DimensionsOverall: 83.8 x 61 x 27 cm (33 x 24 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Halfway Rock Foundation
Accession number2016.408.2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceAbout 1930, purchased by Carlton Eells Putnam (b. 1911 – d. 1993), Keeseville, NY; by 1973, by descent to his son Willard James Putnam, Hanson, MA; 2016, sold by Putnam to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)
Image Not Available for Theremin (model AR-1264)
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