![]() Several years of development involved self-directed study in the science of musical acoustics. Fullman’s personal account describes a chance discovery and the ensuing process of research and experimentation. “Ellen Fullman Writes About the Evolution of the Long String Instrument” by Ellen Fullman. Playing techniques, tuning, and timbre, and resulting music are also described. The design of the soundboard and attached string, as well as the tuning mechanism are described and illustrated in the diagrams. A table gives formulas for determining the velocity of waves traveling through wires of various lengths and metals. 2 pages 2 photos, 1 table, 2 diagrams.Īn explanation of the physics of longitudinal vibrations in strings, which are operative in the sound of Ellen Fullman’s Long String Instrument. “The Long String Instrument”: by Bart Hopkin. ![]() A sidebar lists other vessel flute makers. Scales and tuning employ a pennywhistle fingering system. She describes how the toneholes are sized and placed. Noting that clay shrinks in drying and firing, it is difficult to have perfectly pitched instruments. Her detailed article is a step-by-step demonstration of how she constructs and fits a fipple mouthpiece so that three chambers can be played at once. Rowell explains her construction methods. 4 pages 12 drawings and diagrams.Īn introduction by Bart Hopkin precedes Rowell’s article describing the principles and personal benefits of playing ceramic ocarinas, also known as vessel flutes. “Sharon Rowell¹s Clay Ocarinas” by Sharon Rowell. Jordan Hemphill describes a voice modifier in his discovery of a Chinese flute with rice paper mirliton. A diagram details how the sound string and turnbuckle are anchored to the sheet metal resonator of Robert Rutman’s Steel Cello. ![]() ![]() ĭagen Julty describes his technique for amplifying low-volume sound in a high volume stage environment with his invention named the “Micro-Sensitive Sound Chamber.” References are made to a Lief Brush interview in Musicworks magazine and the work of Tom Nunn and Prent Rodgers in California. Similar to Harry Partch’s instruments for its geometric beauty, it is tuned to a pentatonic scale, uses a symbolic system of shapes and colors to express pitch relationships, and is housed in a Pagoda-like structure in San Francisco’s Exploratorium science center. 1/2 page.Ī brief description of Jonathan Glasier’s new instrument using five sets of tuned bars, made of paduk, bamboo, magnesium, aluminum, and travertine marble. “A New Instrument at the Exploratorium–The Pentaphone”: by Bart Hopkin. Ī call for information on instruments that alter or enhance human vocal sounds, such as mirlitons, kazoos, zobos, face-masks, or Eskimo children¹s games using the oral cavities.] (Note: This book was later cancelled by the publisher and never published.) The designs are primarily adaptations of South American, African, and Asian string and percussion instruments.īritish organologist Hugh Davies of London reports that the three volumes of The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments includes over 300 entries on 20th century instruments, mostly written by himself. Tony Pizzo of Vermont writes about his forthcoming book of instrument designs tentatively titled The Maker-Played Instrument. Ī Reference Guide to 17 useful associations, foundations, journals, festivals, and societies relating to new instruments, their performance, history, and research. Tuning Devices: gives a rundown of the different types of tuning aids available, how they are used, what they cost, and where to purchase them. The curved steel resonator of the Bow Chimes imparts an ethereal to the attached steel rods. 2 pages 2 drawings.ĭesigned by and built by Berlin-born Painter and sculptor Robert Rutman, the Single-String Steel Cello uses a suspended and flexible steel sheet that projects pitches ranging from low pitches to high, sounding harmonics and fundamental equally. “Steel Cello and Bow Chimes” by Bart Hopkin. Conventional strings lack sufficiently exact tolerances for Croset’s just tuning because of irregularities in diameter and mass. įrench designer and builder Pierre-Jean Croset¹s eighteen-string instrument is made of clear plastic and played entirely in harmonics. 1/2 page no photos.Ī brief statement of the goals and purview of Experimental Musical Instruments by its the author and publisher. “What This Is About: Our Purpose and Our Plans” by Bart Hopkin. If you are interested in a particular topic you can use the text search function in your browser or word processor to locate pertinent articles. This file contains synopses of all the articles that appeared in the 70 issues of the Experimental Musical Instruments Journal in the 14 years of its existence.
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