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Brothers Bernard and François Baschet collaborated in the construction of a large number of musical instruments. Bernard was an engineer and François a sculptor, both living in Paris. The two collaborated in the construction of a large number of complex metal instruments such as the Cristal Baschet.
Instruments
Inflatable Guitar
Aluminum Piano
Cristal Baschet
1952
Baschet Bass Cristal
Le Sifflant Tournant
1962, The Rotating Whistler
La Tôle à Voix
1965, The Voice Leaf
“metal sheets serve as resonators which transform the human voice when vibrated”
La Percussion Polytimbre
1967, Polytonal Percussion
Sculptures and Monuments
San Antonio Worlds Fair
1968
Baschet Educational Instrumentarium
1980s
“Baschet Educational Instrumentarium consists of 14 sound structures which make a “sound palette” of around 100 different tones. Its purpose is to initiate children, adults and people with disabilities in collective musical discovery through games and experimentation, and without any previous musical knowledge.
This Instrumentarium is also used in concert by musicians. There are approximately 500 Baschet Educational Instrumentariums in existence, in France and around the world.” 1)
Structures sonores et pédagogie
Formed in 1982 the Baschet Sound Structures Association was made to handle the licensing and distribution of the Baschet brothers works.
Lasry-Baschet Sound Structures
A musical ensemble formed in 1954
