Christopher Dunn-Rankin Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 A student composer at my college built himself an instrument. It's made of a piano's pin-block. Attached are a curved bridge, six piano strings of different thicknesses running vertically, with pickups. Underneath and across from these six strings are twenty brass harpsichord strings, attached to a contact mic. These operate as sympathetic strings to the six main ones, which are bowed. The whole instrument is plugged into an amp. Because there's no fingerboard, you can only get harmonics, but you can play sul ponticello and pizzicato, and get all sorts of cool effects. From the audience, it sounded like there was a contingent of string and brass players onstage. Discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anders Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Wow! Do you have any recordings? :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lee Graham Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I never know what to think of new instruments. I've seen some kooky ones. This sounds pretty cool, I suppose. Why don't I get excited about this stuff? Nothing new excites me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Dunn-Rankin Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 I should be able to get a recording, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autophage Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 http://inersouster.blogspot.com/ Best. Blog. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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