Theremin through glass

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Hey all-
I did a cursory search of the googles, but found no answer. Or even someone else asking the question. My time may be better suited asking the question on a theremin-specific website, but other ideas may flow from my request here.

Question - Will the theremin oscillators work from the other side of a glass wall?

Expanded explanation - My intent is to make a score keeping device for myself and my racquetball playing friends, but i don't want a physical device in the space with us. The concept is to have a display and brains of the scorecard either set behind or hang from the outside of the rear glass wall, and control it from inside. I have considered some kind of wearable remote, but i like the idea of the theremin controls through the glass wall. One to select a team, one to adjust point value. Another control method i have considered is a pair of visual sensors per team (potential for 3 'teams', often only 2), and you place your hand over the pair to add points. A pair because i don't want the ball to hit in the right spot and cause a point. I suppose that could be overcome with a fairly small time instruction. All still concept phase, so any additional thoughts on input options are appreciated.

Thanks!
Zac

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Theremins work with radio waves. These go through glass, so yes it should work through glass.

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Grumpy_Mike:
Theremins work with radio waves. These go through glass, so yes it should work through glass.

Thanks. Guess i am diving into it without quite understanding the underlying principles.

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Well technically they use near-field rather than e-m waves (far field), but the answers the same, glass won't block
electric or magnetic fields at all. Glass is likely to have a small effect on the operating point of the oscillator
as it has a dielectric constant different from air.