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| Charles R. Adams 3 & 1/2 pages; 4 photos, 4 drawings.\\ | Charles R. Adams 3 & 1/2 pages; 4 photos, 4 drawings.\\ | ||
| Discussion of the Lesiba of southern Africa, an air-activated zither variously know as the gora, ugwala, or makwindi, and its culture. The article details and illustrates its construction: | Discussion of the Lesiba of southern Africa, an air-activated zither variously know as the gora, ugwala, or makwindi, and its culture. The article details and illustrates its construction: | ||
| - | [John Blacking, Ron Konzak’s wind harp, feathers, ribbon-reed aerophones, mouth bows, mouth harps, | + | [John Blacking, Ron Konzak’s wind harp, feathers, ribbon-reed aerophones, mouth bows, mouth harps, |
| ===Organizations and Periodicals: | ===Organizations and Periodicals: | ||
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| [just intonation] | [just intonation] | ||
| - | ===Organizations and Periodicals: | + | ===Organizations and Periodicals: |
| Vierundzwangzigsteljahrsschrift Der Internationalen Maultrommelvirtuosengenossenschaftand Sawing News of the World. 1 1/2 pages.\\ | Vierundzwangzigsteljahrsschrift Der Internationalen Maultrommelvirtuosengenossenschaftand Sawing News of the World. 1 1/2 pages.\\ | ||
| - | VIM and SNW are organizations and periodicals devoted to the Jew’s | + | VIM and SNW are organizations and periodicals devoted to the Jaw Harp and the musical saw. Their content and activities are described. SNW is a publication of the manufacturer, |
| [Kazoophony] | [Kazoophony] | ||
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| François Baschet responds to Ivor Darreg’s article on piano harps in the Piano Reincarnation Project (Volume 7 #3), labial reeds and the Pathé Brothers’ loudspeaker used the early 1900s, comparing it to a 1940 US Army patent for the same design. \\ | François Baschet responds to Ivor Darreg’s article on piano harps in the Piano Reincarnation Project (Volume 7 #3), labial reeds and the Pathé Brothers’ loudspeaker used the early 1900s, comparing it to a 1940 US Army patent for the same design. \\ | ||
| Colin Hinz offers information and photos of his electro-mechanically operated piandemonium, | Colin Hinz offers information and photos of his electro-mechanically operated piandemonium, | ||
| - | Notes on Jew’s | + | Notes on Jaw Harp Festival, Instruments of Sound exhibition, Leonardo Music Journal, Sound Symposium, Melody Chups candy, and plastic water bottle congas. |
| ===The Instruments of Qubais Reed Ghazala=== | ===The Instruments of Qubais Reed Ghazala=== | ||
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| Peter Denny: Kitchen drums. \\ | Peter Denny: Kitchen drums. \\ | ||
| Pete Hurney: Guatemalan Marimba. \\ | Pete Hurney: Guatemalan Marimba. \\ | ||
| - | Gordon Frazier and the Sumpter Valley | + | Gordon Frazier and the Sumpter Valley |
| 3rd Annual Chicago Invented Instruments Festival.\\ | 3rd Annual Chicago Invented Instruments Festival.\\ | ||
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| Baschet’s Flutter Moths. \\ | Baschet’s Flutter Moths. \\ | ||
| Circus World Museum in Wisconsin. \\ | Circus World Museum in Wisconsin. \\ | ||
| - | Darrell De Vore’s comments on kid’s toy, ‘groan tubes, | + | Darrell De Vore’s comments on kid’s toy, ‘groan tubes, |
| ===Tumbas, Rumba Boxes, and Bamboo Flutes: Caribbean Instruments by Rupert Lewis=== | ===Tumbas, Rumba Boxes, and Bamboo Flutes: Caribbean Instruments by Rupert Lewis=== | ||
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| As a part of EMI’s ongoing series on musical instrument patents, the author describes the advent of a new kind of instrument made and manufactured by Mario Maccaferri in the late 1940’s and 50’s, inspired by capitalism and populism: instruments made with plastic. Also included is a brief history of Maccaferri himself, a renowned guitarist. \\ | As a part of EMI’s ongoing series on musical instrument patents, the author describes the advent of a new kind of instrument made and manufactured by Mario Maccaferri in the late 1940’s and 50’s, inspired by capitalism and populism: instruments made with plastic. Also included is a brief history of Maccaferri himself, a renowned guitarist. \\ | ||
| [plastic reeds; plastic guitars].\\ | [plastic reeds; plastic guitars].\\ | ||
| - | ====# | + | ====#2, DECEMBER 1996 ==== |
| - | ====#3 ==== | + | |
| - | ====# | + | |
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 5 pages; 6 photos; 2 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Guy Grant: Addition to Mitchell Clark’s Shell Trumpet discography from previous issue. \\ | ||
| + | C. Reider: Offers advice regarding movable toneholes discussed in article EMI Vol. 11 #1, June 1996. \\ | ||
| + | Bob Grawi: “Enduring Rhythms: African Musical Instruments and the Americas” exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. \\ | ||
| + | Bill Sethares: Edible Instruments. \\ | ||
| + | Minnie Black. Soundscape Newsletter revived as The New Soundscape Newsletter. \\ | ||
| + | Lou Berger and his Drum Shtik, Player Piano. \\ | ||
| + | Brian Stapleton and his unique ukuleles. \\ | ||
| + | Starr Labs and Electronic Keyboard Layout. \\ | ||
| + | Corrections to Ray Brunelle article “The Art of Sound Effects, Pt. 1; Robert Mott & Jordan Young. \\ | ||
| + | Corrections to John Herron’s “My Easy Stereo Tube-Preamp Leslie Talk Box.” \\ | ||
| + | Hal Rammel gives report on Newfoundland Sound Symposium. \\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Development of Bamboo Saxes From Argentina=== | ||
| + | Angel Sampedro del Rio. Translated by Mariana Cecilia Iglesias. 4 pages; 7 photos; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes his modus operandi for building his bamboo woodwinds, including information on materials and mouthpieces. \\ | ||
| + | [Adolphe Sax; Theobald Boehm]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: | ||
| + | Qubais Reed Ghazala. 6 pages; 3 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes his process of transforming a Casio SK-1 via creative short-circuiting into an aleatoric instrument. Includes thorough instructions. He has also creatively re-wired a Casio VL-Tone and Universe Device. This is accompanied by a brief patch description by Cynthia Striley that follows. \\ | ||
| + | [LED; pitch dial; poly dial; sound envelope].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Composing On The Escapist Sample Shuttle=== | ||
| + | Cynthia Striley Ph.D. with Mark Milano. 1 page; 2 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | Accompanying the previous article wherein Qubais Reed Ghazala describes the Escapist Sample Shuttle, Striley offers a sort of guide diagram as an introduction to dealing with the instrument’s inherent complexity. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Citara, type Alfonso el Sabio: A Medieval Psaltery=== | ||
| + | Nelly van Ree Bernard. 4 1/2 pages; 5 photos; 8 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Bernard describes her research and rebuilding of psalteries depicted in 13th Century manuscript of the Cantigas de Santa Maria del Rey Alfonso X el Sabio (Songs in praise of Mary of alfonso X the Wise). She describes tuning and playing methods, and lists a short discography of recordings using this rare instrument. \\ | ||
| + | [zither; harp; chordophone; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Sla Pa Traden: Music on Transport Wires=== | ||
| + | Atle Pakutsch Gundersen. 2 pages; 1 photo; 1 diagram.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes his use of transport wires in Norway as a musical instrument. The transport wires are very long, strong wires traditionally used to transport goods up and down roadless slopes in Norway. By means of tapping on the wires; they are also used to as a rhythmic mode of communication similar to Morse code, for making known physical needs that would then be transported using the same wire. His methods of playing these wires were via bowing and knocking with a triangle beater. This is followed by a description of his performance collaborating with a saxophone quartet, broadcast via ISDN. He continues to explore the sonics of such everyday objects as fog horns, flagpoles, subways; sheeps with bells, etc.\\ | ||
| + | [drones; found objects].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Art of Sound Effects: Pt. 2=== | ||
| + | Ray Brunell. 7+ pages; 8 photos; 2 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | In this second part of a two-part article, the author goes into detail accounting the progression of sound fx from the days of Vaudeville through the advent of the radio and finally film and television. He describes the process of using 78 rpm records to store fx and problems that faced those creating fx. This is followed by an account of re-recording technology and processing, including instrumental contributions from among others: Reuben Mamoulian; Don Foster’s Foster Gun; Raymond Scott’s Karloff and Circle Machine, Serial Doorbell, and Clavivox. Corrections to Pt. 1 are listed just following the conclusion of Pt. 2.\\ | ||
| + | [Benshi; Analog Waveform Generator; Telharmonum; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Just Intonation and My Experiments with Musical Instrument Building=== | ||
| + | Jeff Bunting. 2 pages; 4 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author describe his four instruments (all tuned in just intonation): | ||
| + | [Otonalities; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Instruments of the Cuban National Folkloric Dance Ensemble=== | ||
| + | Steve Smith. 2 pages; 1 photo; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | The author offers some historical background on some instrumentation and dances that are part of Cuba’s cultural heritage. \\ | ||
| + | [clave; guiro; metallophones; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Ramblings=== | ||
| + | Bart Hopkin. 2 pages; 3 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | In this article, the author discusses sundry alternative forms for electric pickups on string instruments. With each proposed potential transduction method, Donald Hall, professor of Physics and contributor to EMI shares his thoughts. \\ | ||
| + | [radar; light sensor; Iron strings; Electromagnetic Soundboard Pickup].\\ | ||
| + | ====#3, MARCH 1997 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 6 pages; 6 photos; 7 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Eric Cadesky and Glass Instrument world wide web site [glass harmonicas; glass bells, glass xylophone]. \\ | ||
| + | Adam Mishaga and pyrophones. \\ | ||
| + | Karen Rauter and Woodstock Percussion [instruments for children; Anyone Can Whistle; Japanese Koto; African Mbira]. \\ | ||
| + | French percussionist periodical: Percussions. Bond Anderson’s musical playground [metallophones; | ||
| + | Robert Moore’s Drone Machine [suzuki melodians; Southeast Asian Mouth Organ; Irish Uilleann Bagpipes; Scottish Bagpipes]. \\ | ||
| + | James Boring and recycled material instruments. \\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===More Drums For The New Millenium=== | ||
| + | Ken Lovelett. 2 pages; 5 photos.\\ | ||
| + | Lovelett describes a few of his drums including: orthogonal lap drum; thumb drum; belli drum; palm drum; finger drum; knee drum; udeck; dumbecks. \\ | ||
| + | [handheld percussion].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Industrial Waste and Musical Taste=== | ||
| + | Keith Spears. Photos by Jamie Noe. 3 pages; 5 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes two instruments he constructed with material collected from surplus auctions, junk yards, and Radio Shack: 1) drum set with drum pedal made with hammer and assorted cans mounted together with rebar steel rods and “kill box” — a set of on/off switches and 2) the Sampler Table which utilizes answering machine tape loops controlled with foot peddle. \\ | ||
| + | [percussion; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Colin Offord: Mouth Bows, Moonbells and More=== | ||
| + | An Interview with Warren Burt. 5 1/2 pages; 7 photos.\\ | ||
| + | A discussion in which Offord describes a number of his instruments including: the Great Island Mouthbow; the Xylopt ( a bailer-shell xylophone), Moonbells (large aluminum and brass bells); the Australasian flute (a Western flute with a bamboo mouthpiece); | ||
| + | [Equal Temperament; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Bertoia=== | ||
| + | Chris Rice. 1 1/2 pages; 2 photos.\\ | ||
| + | This article focuses on the late Harry Bertoia, a sound sculptor who released 11 recordings on his Sonambient label. Included are descriptions of 3 of his sonic inventions, 2 of which utilize beryllium copper wires that produce resonant long-lasting sound, with varying guages producing a full array of tonal and timbral qualities. The last of the instruments described are gongs produced by sheets of metal. \\ | ||
| + | [percussion; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Swift Sounds: Harry Bertoia’s Sonambient LP’s=== | ||
| + | Ian Nagoski. 2+pages; 1 photo.\\ | ||
| + | The second of these two articles written the two editors of the cultural music journal halana focuses on Harry Bertoia’s recorded material. Rather than describe each of his recordings, Nagoski gives an overview, a general description, | ||
| + | [improvisation; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Ostenhorn=== | ||
| + | Phillip J. Ostendorf with Bart Hopkin. 5 pages; 11 photos.\\ | ||
| + | Ostendorf relays his attempt to create a brasswind instrument able to produce all tones of a complete (Western) scale by control of lip tension alone, without valves, slide, or sideholes, by using additional, tuned air resonator tubes set just over the opening of the bell. His experimentation has led to many interesting creations including a design capable of playing a major scale over two octaves. \\ | ||
| + | [additional keywords: brass; trumpets; tubas; french horns].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Walnut Angklung: A 2×4 Contest Entry=== | ||
| + | Art Lietsman. 2 pages; 2 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes his entry into the Pacific Woodworkers Guild 2×4 Contest. A traditional Anglung consists of 2 or 3 bamboo tubes an octave apart and suspended in a bamboo frame (Liestman replaced bamboo with walnut). When shaken, a short tab at the bottom of each tube vibrates the tube and sounds the particular note. \\ | ||
| + | [wood instruments].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Alchemy In The Nineties. Turning Garbage Into Gold=== | ||
| + | Jan Jarvlepp. 3 pages; 3 photos; 3 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | The author wrote a concerto for recycled garbage and symphony orchestra combining pitched and unpitched instruments. He briefly describes where certain recycled household objects are used throughout the various movements as well as explaining his method of mounting the devices for performance. \\ | ||
| + | [found objects].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Ramblings=== | ||
| + | Bart Hopkin. 3 pages; 1 photo; 2 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | Following some background on the intricacies of modes of string excitation and its relationship to the bridge and soundboard, the author describes his experiment building a bridge and soundboard for an acoustic bass guitar. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Greyworld Sound Sculpture=== | ||
| + | Andrew Shoben. 1+ pages; 2 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Greyworld is an established group of sound artists who create sound installations and sculptures deconstructing traditional notions between work and play. In this article, the members of Greyworld describe three of their recent inventions. The “Soundwall” is made up of a number of mounted vertical bars that play a melody when played in succession. The “Layer” is a carpet or floor covering which translates human movement upon its surface into music by assigning segments MIDI-based sounds which are then walked on. “Shopping” was an installation using sounds extracted from consumer soundscapes. | ||
| + | ====#4, JUNE 1997 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 8 pages; 2 photos; 5 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Ray Wilding White: Writes on the influence of the drum set, in response to Ray Brunelle’s article in previous issue on sound effects [additional keywords: trap set; Dee Dee Chandler; Jean Robicheaux]. Colin Hinz: Mechanical Musical Digest. New home for one of the world’s leading collections of historical and contemporary musical instruments: | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Free Music Machines of Percy Grainger=== | ||
| + | Rainer Linz. 2+ pages.\\ | ||
| + | Perhaps best known in Europe and America as a “traditional” composer/ | ||
| + | [chance; atonal; indeterminism].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Cat’s Cradle: 50 strings, 82 pickups, and 2 amplifiers=== | ||
| + | John Gzowski. 3 pages; 3 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes the building and playing of his instrument comprised of a Chapman Stick-type board with a removable/ | ||
| + | [microtonal; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Loop Group Brass=== | ||
| + | Ray Wilding-White. 2 pages; 8 photos; 1 diagram.\\ | ||
| + | After inheriting some old brass instruments, | ||
| + | [horns; trumpets; tubas].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Sound Art of Robert Raushenberg=== | ||
| + | Mike Hovancsek. 1+ pages.\\ | ||
| + | A description of Raushenberg’s forays into the sonic medium. Includes brief description of :Music Box; Broadcast; Oravle; Dynamic Labryinth; Open Score; Soundings; and Mud Muse, many of which were interactive pieces that stressed the unique meeting of each individual with the work. \\ | ||
| + | [John Cage; Merce Cunningham; Johan Kluver; Jean Tinguely; Niki de Saint-Phalle; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Two-Dimensional Keyboard Patterns=== | ||
| + | Niles Hokkanen. 4 pages; 14 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes the pros and cons of many different tuning layouts, concentrating on accordians, keyboards, and foot-bass pedal board diagrams. \\ | ||
| + | [organ; piano].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: | ||
| + | Qubais Reed Ghazala. 4 pages; 3 photos.\\ | ||
| + | Reed Ghazala combines several methods of circuit-bending: | ||
| + | [aleatoric instruments].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Helikon=== | ||
| + | Mitchell Clark. 1 page.\\ | ||
| + | Referring to Mount Helikon, home of the muses, this instrument, following the simpler Monochord, is known to have been used for demonstration, | ||
| + | [stringed instruments; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Reviews=== | ||
| + | Mitchell clark and Bart Hopkin.\\ | ||
| + | Robert Green: The hurdy-Gurdy in 18th Century France. Includes brief discography in review [additional keywords: stringed instruments; | ||
| + | Michael J. Pagliano: Everything You Should Know About Musical Instruments But Didn’t Have Time To Learn. [Instrument Manufacturers; | ||
| + | Reynold Weidenaar: Magic Music From The Telharmonium [keyboards; Hammond Organs; Thaddeus Cahill].\\ | ||
| =====Volume 13===== | =====Volume 13===== | ||
| - | ====# | + | ====#1, SEPTEMBER 1997 ==== |
| - | ====#2 ==== | + | |
| - | ====#3 ==== | + | |
| - | ====# | + | |
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 9 pages; 4 photos; 5 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Grant Strombeck: Noise is our fundamental nature. \\ | ||
| + | Tony Cowdroy: In response to Bill Houck’s letter in March ’97 issue; describes a cuckoo call. \\ | ||
| + | Bob Grawi: Natural horns without valves; Gravikord, an electric diatonic double harps. \\ | ||
| + | Peter Etcetera: The Drumball. Dr. Guy Grant and Oddmus, a free e-mail list covering experimental, | ||
| + | Corrections to article about a sound device called LIFE. \\ | ||
| + | Het Apollohuis, the Dutch venue for innovative art and music forced to close. \\ | ||
| + | New organization for jaw Harp enthusiasts. \\ | ||
| + | Randy Moeller and the Vulcan Lyrette. \\ | ||
| + | Mandocrucian’s Digest, the mandolin magazine no longer publishing; back issues still available. \\ | ||
| + | Gerard Westendorp and Pyrophones. \\ | ||
| + | Keith Spears’ and Industrial Chimes and buzzers. \\ | ||
| + | Ben Cohen on instruments built from ultrasonic humidifier tanks. \\ | ||
| + | Dave Knott and the Metaphone. \\ | ||
| + | Sam Pappas and the Horn Harp. \\ | ||
| + | Websites of interest to EMI readers.\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Speech Production and Four Historical Speech Synthesis Projects=== | ||
| + | Martin Riches. 6+ pages; 3 photos; 3 drawings; 4 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | In the 1st of 2 articles on speech synthesis, the author describes the mechanics of speech production. This is followed by a description of four important historical synthetic speech devices: Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Sirens: Pt. 2=== | ||
| + | Bart Hopkin. 3+ pages; 2 photos.\\ | ||
| + | In the second part of a two part series, the author describes a pair of simple musical sirens he made with the idea of passing on some of the practical design and construction information picked up along the way. Includes a scale making chart. \\ | ||
| + | [electric motor]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Reviews=== | ||
| + | 1 1/2 pages.\\ | ||
| + | John Edfors: Woodwind Instruments From PVC: Guidelines For Constructing Experimental Instruments From PVC Pipe and Related Materials [additional keywords: flute; fife]. Bill and Mary Buchen: Urban Sound Park Design John Madin: Make Your Own Wacky Instruments Robert B. Sexton: Method For The Theremin, Book 1, Basics; David Winters: Natural and Artificial Harmonics For The Guitar | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Balloon Boom=== | ||
| + | Text and drawings by Robin Goodfellow. 1+ pages; 3 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | This article is dedicated to building the Tin Can Balloon Drum, a very simple yet resourceful percussive device, with an eye to its use with children. In addition, Goodfellow offers some cultural lore, rudimentary principles of sound, a song with which the instrument can be used and lastly, a small list of further reading. \\ | ||
| + | [drums; percussion, children’s instruments].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Chinese Wind-Driven Kite Flutes=== | ||
| + | K.U. Wahl. 4+ pages; 6 photos; 6 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Part one of this article consists of some historical background (dating back to 960 AD) on Kite Flutes. Part two consists of instructions on how to build a small Kite Flute, including excellent photographs of examples. Includes bibliography. \\ | ||
| + | [aeolian harp; zither].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Slate=== | ||
| + | Will Menter. 4+ pages; 9 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes his fascination with slate as a material (for instruments) and provides interesting background on the British slate industry’s exploitation of the Welsh and its consequences. He describes his slate marimbas and llechiphones. Finally, he describes two of his collaborations with other traditional musicians and sound sculptors and their consequent performances combining both his social and musical interests. \\ | ||
| + | [xylophones; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Building Modular Drums From Plastic Pipe and Plywood=== | ||
| + | Bennett Cohen. 4+ pages; 8 photos; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes his modular, or inter-connectible, | ||
| + | ====#2, DECEMBER 1997 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 9 pages; 6 photos; 5 drawings; 1 diagram.\\ | ||
| + | Zeno Okeanos: Automobile Ah-Ooh-Ga Horns [electric motors]. \\ | ||
| + | John Coltman: The Old Model-T Horn. \\ | ||
| + | Susan Rawcliffe: The environmental dangers of PVC tubing. \\ | ||
| + | Joan Bell Cowan: The Orff Institut in Salzburg, Austria; “Canya” or arundo donax [cane reeds; bamboo; guiro; woodwinds]. \\ | ||
| + | Bill Mauzey: On the benefits of Gorilla glue for gluing styrofoam. \\ | ||
| + | Jason Gibbs: In response to a letter in EMI June 1997 about Dan bau. \\ | ||
| + | The Stranger Creek Instrument Maker’s Catalog [now no longer in business] is a mail-order outfit stocking books and resources on instruments and instrument making. \\ | ||
| + | The Backpacker Ukulele from Martin Guitar Company. \\ | ||
| + | Five ideas for possible strange sound makers from Sarn Richard Ursell. \\ | ||
| + | Frank Pahl’s: Automatic Marimba and Virtual Pet: Gerbil. \\ | ||
| + | The Pipeline Festival at Podewil, Berlin. Websites of interest to EMI readers. \\ | ||
| + | The New Zealand Deagan Organ Chimes [angklung; vibraphones; | ||
| + | Ray Wilding-White on Monday Morning at The Gargoyle Works: a score for chairs that are scraped, rattled, dragged on the floor, etc.\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Talking Machine: A Mechanical Speech Synthesizer=== | ||
| + | Martin Riches. 5 pages; 1 photo; 7 drawings/ | ||
| + | The second in a two part series devoted to the subject of speech synthesis. Here, Riches describes the construction and research for his mechanical speech synthesizer. Includes bibliography. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Scrappy Scrapers=== | ||
| + | Text and drawings by Robin Goodfellow. 2 pags; 3 drawings; 1 score.\\ | ||
| + | In the second of a series of illustrated articles, Goodfellow offers some cultural historical context on instruments that are scraped. She provides simple instructions on how to construct a few instruments simple enough for children, and presents a score to attempt after having built some of these sound makers. \\ | ||
| + | [The Nigerian ivuur; dikwaksa from Zaire; idiophones; gourds; cheese graters; light bulb protectors; Korean Yu]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Making Tube Drums and Styrocellos: | ||
| + | Skip LaPlante. 2 1/2 pages; 3 drawings/ | ||
| + | LaPlante herein describes two very simple instruments using recycled or discarded materials. The mailing tube drum is just that, with one plastic endcap removed. The styro cello combines wood and cardboard tube, styrofoam, wire, a turnbuckle, and two bolts into a stringed instrument. \\ | ||
| + | [percussion].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments: | ||
| + | Q.R.Ghazala. 4 pages; 4 photos.\\ | ||
| + | Reed Ghazala describes his light-powered and light-modulated synthesizer, | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Sounding Antiquity: Reconstructions of Ancient Greek Music=== | ||
| + | Mitchell Clark. 3+ pages; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | Clark focuses on musical reconstructions based on surviving notations from ancient Greece as reflected in 5 recent recordings (a discography is included). He takes into consideration the issue of authenticity and the anachronistic use of certain instruments. \\ | ||
| + | [lyres; harps; lutes; zithers; reed-pipe aulos; pitched idiophones; historical musicology; music archeology]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Scratching the Surface: The Balloon in My Life=== | ||
| + | Ricardo Arias; Drawings by Naomi Culla. 5 pages; 1 photo; 11 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | After describing what led him to meta or nontraditional/ | ||
| + | [elastic aerophones; rubber, latex].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Scot Jenerik’s Fire Music=== | ||
| + | Mike Hovancsek. 3 pages; 6 photos.\\ | ||
| + | After a bit of background on Jenerik’s modus operandi, the author describes Jenerik’s use of contact mics in his gloves and knee pads to amplify lit sheets of metal, a flame-thrower harp and an 8 ft. 2×4 strung with springs and piano wire. Photo cells trigger various sound sources according to the height of the flames, Hovancsek conducts an interview with him. \\ | ||
| + | [propane; everyday objects].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Historical Patents For Horned Violins=== | ||
| + | Cary Clements. 5 pages; 14 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | The author looks at 14 horned violin patents issued in the U.S. between 1900 and 1949 that were innovations based on or very similar to the Stroh Violin (see EMI June 1995): a violin with a horn to increase its volume for use in recording. | ||
| + | ====#3, MARCH 1998 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 4 pages; 1 photo; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | Cyrus Heiduska: On a “found” instrument made up of holes in a road. \\ | ||
| + | [[John Chalmers]]: In response to Mitchell Clark’s “Sounding Antiquity” article on Ancient Greek music in previous issue; Chalmers mentions another relevant recording and mentions scales, etc [diatonic scale; Pythagorean scales; tetrachords]. \\ | ||
| + | Ranjit Bhatnagan: Recommendation for two sirens not mentioned in sirens article in EMI September 1997. \\ | ||
| + | Greg Phillips: Computer program allows the user to simulate tunings for chimes, recommends lengths, and gives reference tones. \\ | ||
| + | The trumpet call of the parasaurolophus, | ||
| + | Web sites of interest. \\ | ||
| + | Erie Art Museum exhibit on resonator guitars. \\ | ||
| + | Traditional Orchestrions (but newly made) available through Hammacher Schlemmer.\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Free Reed=== | ||
| + | Michael Hearst. 4 pages; 2 photos; 14 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | The author, a former harmonica technician at the Hohner Company, defines the free reed, offers brief construction tips (including materials, what determines pitch, etc.). Following this, he gives a fascinating history of some free reed instruments dating back to China 3000 BC (the sheng) to the present with instruments such as harmonicas, the Claviola, and the Mellotron. \\ | ||
| + | [bandoneons, | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Poeme Electronique: | ||
| + | Ray Wilding-White. 6 pages; 6 photos; 8 drawings/ | ||
| + | The author describes the creation of the Philips Pavilion at the World Fair in Brussels 1958. Also included is a description of the Edgard Varese’s compositional process and how mathematics played a profound role in both the construction of the building and the sound that filled it. Further sources listed. \\ | ||
| + | [Xenakis; Le Corbusier; L.C. Kalff]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Hunka Hunka Churnin’ Wood: A 2×4 Contest Entry=== | ||
| + | Art Liestman. 2 pages; 3 photos.\\ | ||
| + | Liestman describes his entry into the annual Pacific Woodworkers Guild event in which each contestant is to make any project from a single piece of wood that measures 2 inches by 4 inches by 8 feet. Described herein is the construction of his invention: a xylophone pitched to an Indonesian scale controlled by a crank. He won 1st prize. \\ | ||
| + | [xylophones; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Empty Vessels: Readymade Resonators for String Instruments=== | ||
| + | Peter Whitehead. 3 pages; 11 photos; 1 diagram.\\ | ||
| + | Instrument innovator and composer Peter Whitehead describes ways of building plucked string instrument (i.e. banjo, bass lyre) using found or reused metal containers as resonators (i.e. cookie or ham containers; pie tins) and then describes bowed instruments (i.e. tamboura, etc.). | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===A Sonic Odyssey and Quest For Clarity=== | ||
| + | Peter Horsefield. 4 pages; 1 photo; 7 drawings/ | ||
| + | A description of a few of the author’s stringed instruments which include: harps; dulcimer; and musical kites. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Sound Sculpture From Hungary: Photographs of works by Rezso Moder and Tibor Budahelyi=== | ||
| + | Notes by Kim Johnson. 3 pages; 9 photos.\\ | ||
| + | This article presents photos and a brief introduction to two Hungarian (sound) sculptors based on catalogs sent to EMI via Albert Leskowsky.\\ | ||
| + | [metal; wood]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Ellen Fullman’s Long String Instrument=== | ||
| + | Mike Hovancsek. 2+ pages; 2 photos; 1 diagram.\\ | ||
| + | A description of The Long String Instrument, made up of 120 80ft long strings, which produces sound by rubbing rosined fingers along the length: vibration travels from end to end (as opposed to perpindicular to the string). \\ | ||
| + | [drone]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Ramblings=== | ||
| + | Bart Hopkin. 1+ pages; 1 photo; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | The subject of this article is building a simple harp with a roasting pan. It turns into a lesson on simplicity itself: Hopkin describes his unsuccessful attempt to create a harp with 56 strings cross-strung on a 15″ roasting pan. He then tries the same technique with 28 strings with more success. \\ | ||
| + | [zithers; lyres; strings]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===From Flutes To Nuts or A Spring Egg Roll=== | ||
| + | Text and drawings by Robin Goodfellow. 3 pages; 11 drawings; 1 score.\\ | ||
| + | The third in a series presenting ideas for musical instruments simple enough to be made by children, offers a lesson plan, includes rudimentary principles of sound, elements of cultural lore, and a score. The subject of this article is eggshells and how to turn them into ocarinas: technically an enclosed chamber in which air vibrates when an air stream is blown across the edge of an opening in the chamber. \\ | ||
| + | [woodwinds; globular flutes, vessel flutes]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Bucket Drum Toms and The Marching Marimba=== | ||
| + | Jody Krustal. 3 pages; 7 photos.\\ | ||
| + | An instructional guide to using buckets of all kinds as drums and percussive devices (i.e. marimbas). | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Books Reviews=== | ||
| + | 3 ½ pages\\ | ||
| + | Nelly van Ree Bernard: The Tuning Monochord Monchordio ‘Bermudo’: | ||
| + | Harry Partch: Enclosure: 3.\\ | ||
| + | Kathy Teck, Roy Doty and The Hit-It Band: Bears Beat Bowls In The Bathtub.\\ | ||
| + | J.C. Kleinbauer: How To Build a Barrel Organ: An Adventure In Plastic.\\ | ||
| + | ====#4, JUNE 1998 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 9 pages; 8 photos; 4 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Crane: Corrections regarding the architect of Phillips Pavilion: Le Corbusier or Iannis Xenakis? \\ | ||
| + | David L. Roop: Dreams of Instruments (i.e. percussive pillow). \\ | ||
| + | Bill Mauzey: Industrial-grade cardboard tube drums with brief instructions. \\ | ||
| + | ZHANg (aka Jonathan Chang): on altering a Playskool “Sax-o-fun”. \\ | ||
| + | Dwin R. Craig: Responds to several past articles with information and advice on speech synthesis machines; patents; what can be done with a clear Polycarbonate Flourescent Lamp Guard by Liteway; and a description of a single-string bass fiddle. \\ | ||
| + | Mugwumps Instrument Herald, a publication devoted to folk music instruments of all sorts, revived. \\ | ||
| + | DuPont buys Remo Percussion. \\ | ||
| + | All-Wood Bongo made by Puerto Rican Percussionist Pedro Barriera. \\ | ||
| + | Percussion by Roberta Berman Quinn [xylophones; | ||
| + | EMI a sponsor of the Musicians and Instrument Makers Forum (www.mimf.com). \\ | ||
| + | Paragraph inadvertantly omitted from Ray Wilding-White’s article “Poeme Electronique: | ||
| + | Web sites of interest. \\ | ||
| + | Sound Sculpture by James Harbison.\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===John Kaizan Neptune and Shakuhachi Innovation=== | ||
| + | Monty H. Levenson. 2 pages; 1 photo.\\ | ||
| + | In this first part of a two-part series on J.K. Neptune, Monty Levenson of Tai Hei Shakuhachi, discusses John’s work with shakuhachi, including shakuhachi making, performance, | ||
| + | [woodwinds].\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Take Dake=== | ||
| + | J.K. Neptune. 3 pages; 8 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The second of a two-part series, here Neptune discusses his forays into the creation of an all-bamboo ensemble including drums, percussion aerophone, free-bar instruments and winds. There are brief descriptions of Baliphone; Bambass; Bamboo Drum Kit; Tube Congas; Bamboo Frame Drums; Wind Chimes; Vduboo, Shakers. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The “Funny” Music of Neil Feather=== | ||
| + | John Berndt. 5+ pages; 6 photos.\\ | ||
| + | After a brief history of [[Neil Feather]]’s background, Berndt describes in some detail a few instruments de-of constructed by Feather, including the Nondo; Former Guitars; Vibulum; and others. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Totems of Imagination=== | ||
| + | Grant Strombeck. 2 pages; 3 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author muses on the subject of invention, what makes something art, and the lost spirit of the artless. The pictures of three of his instruments: | ||
| + | [metal; bamboo; bells; wires]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Plicker Plucker=== | ||
| + | Text and Drawings by Robin Goodfellow. 4 pages; 13 drawings; 1 score.\\ | ||
| + | This article, the fourth in a series presenting ideas for musical instruments simple enough to be made by children, offers a lesson plan, includes rudimentary principles of sound, elements of cultural lore, and a score. Here, Goodfellow describes a rubber-band-and-styrofoam version of a medieval psaltery, a stringed instrument somewhat similar to a zither. Also included is “A Children’s Instrument For Observing Quantifiable Tension”: An illustrated guide for making a very simple device using string, a paper cup, cardboard, and coins to demonstrate quantifiable tension. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The One-Footed Drum Kit=== | ||
| + | Niles Hokkanen. 6 pages; 13 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes what led him to using midi pedals and drums to accompany his mandolin, leading to a one-person band. He describes in great detail the construction of his unique foot pedal, which allows the player to play an entire battery of drums and cymbals with one foot alone. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Dworkian Register=== | ||
| + | Q.R. Ghazala. 4 pages; 3 photos.\\ | ||
| + | After describing his interest in 360-degree ambient sound fields, Reed Ghazala describes his Dworkian Register. The Dworkian Register is an aleatoric instruments made by circuit-bending four pressure-sensitive sound strips like those found in children’s books. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Electromagnetic Possibilities=== | ||
| + | Paul Rubenstein. 3 pages; 5 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author tells how he discovered a world of possibilities using electromagnetic pickups, and describes some of his instruments and their custom-designed pickups. Some of those instruments are: The Viotar, a bowed four-stringed version of an electric guitar; the Electric Saron, a xylophone-like gamelan instrument made of industrial surplus steel rods; M’birangi, | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Reviews=== | ||
| + | 1+ pages.\\ | ||
| + | Jason Lollar: Basic Pickup Winding and Complete Guide To Making Your Own Pickup Winder [electronmagnetic pickups; coils].\\ | ||
| + | Harvey Rudoff: The Practically Complete Guide To Almost Real Musical Instruments For Nearly Everyone\\ | ||
| + | Anonymous: The Anonymous Family Reunion.\\ | ||
| =====Volume 14===== | =====Volume 14===== | ||
| - | ====#1 ==== | + | ====#1, SEPTEMBER 1998 ==== |
| - | ====#2 ==== | + | |
| - | ====#3 ==== | + | ===Letters and Notes=== |
| - | ====#4 ==== | + | 5 pages; 7 photos; 1 drawing.\\ |
| + | Peter Whitehead: Adding a pickup to something does not make it an instrument. \\ | ||
| + | Lon Granger: Neodymium magnets added to electric guitar strings. \\ | ||
| + | Notes: Tonehole placement software by Glenn Engstrand available on web. \\ | ||
| + | Clara Rockmore, theremin virtuoso, died May 10, 1998 in Manhattan at age 88. \\ | ||
| + | Oddmusic forum moves to www.onelist.com. \\ | ||
| + | Glass Music International, | ||
| + | Mariolina Zitta releases her CD Perle de Grotta: La Musica delle Stalattiti featuring percussion on cave stalactites. \\ | ||
| + | Jason Gibbs: Ta Thâm, Vietnamese instrument inventor died on October 19, 1997 in Hanoi at 68 years old. \\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Deus es Machina; Fleshtone and the Godbox Project=== | ||
| + | Monte Thrasher. 5 pages; 4 drawings. \\ | ||
| + | The author describes his experiments and discoveries in infrasound (frequencies between 10 and 20Hz) with the “Godbox”. He also examines the occurrence of infrasound in animal calls, the noises of modern life and primitive instruments. Finally, he presents a theory of why infrasound has such a strong affect on the human being. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Enigma of Whistling Water Jars in Pre-Columbian Ceramics=== | ||
| + | [[Brian Ransom]]. 4 pages; 8 pictures; 2 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | This article is a presentation of the author’s research on Peruvian whistling jars. There are two types: single-chambered, | ||
| + | [wind instruments; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Toy Pianos; No Longer Toys!=== | ||
| + | Margaret Leng Tan. 5 pages; 6 pictures; 2 drawings; 2 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | Here the history of the toy piano is traced from its German origins in the nineteenth century through its life in the United States. This article is primarily a chronicle of the production of toy pianos in the United States and includes information about the evolution of its uses around the world. Two diagrams explain how the keys function. \\ | ||
| + | [toys; children’s instruments; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Three more from Ángel=== | ||
| + | Ángel Sampedro del Río. 3+ pages; 8 pictures; 2 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | The author discusses troubleshooting issues with reeds, mouthpieces, | ||
| + | [Argentina; Argentinean folk instruments.]\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===How to Scramble Your Casio SK-1 Without Modifications=== | ||
| + | Walter Funk. 1+ pages.\\ | ||
| + | Looking to extend the functions of your Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard? The author describes how to access the “warp” mode with the right combination of buttons. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===MicroPiano-izmo=== | ||
| + | zHANg. 2+ pages.\\ | ||
| + | This article opens with a few nice quotes on non-traditional instruments and free improvisation. After giving information on the toy piano, John Cage and contact microphones, | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Icelandic Lithophone=== | ||
| + | Elias Davidsson. 3 pages; 3 photos.\\ | ||
| + | The author begins with a history and geography of musical stones of the world. From his first discovery of a ringing stone in Iceland, he describes his construction and playing of lithophones. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Mellow Lamellaphones=== | ||
| + | Robin Goodfellow. 5 pages; 9 drawings; 13 diagrams; 1 song.\\ | ||
| + | In her fifth ExMI pedagogical article, the author presents several ideas for lamellaphones simple enough for children to make. Construction is clearly illustrated with beautiful diagrams. Instructions for leading a song with children and cultural information on various African lamellaphones are included. Includes bibliography. \\ | ||
| + | [mbira; kalimba; recycled materials.]\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Browsing my Mind, or Dwinstruments I Have Known=== | ||
| + | Dwin Craig. 5 pages.\\ | ||
| + | This piece is a humorous list of many short ideas. The author writes about some uses of speakers as microphones, | ||
| + | [wind instruments; | ||
| + | ====#2, DECEMBER 1998 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 9 pages; 6 pictures; 3 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Judy Dunaway: Compositions for balloon. \\ | ||
| + | Uli Wahl: Aeolsharfen; | ||
| + | Glenn Engstrand: A list of ExMI relevant websites. \\ | ||
| + | Notes: Patrick Ozzard-Low publishes 21st Century Orchestral Instruments: | ||
| + | Center for the study of free-reed instruments has opened: www.gsuc.cuny.edu/ | ||
| + | Two instruments with pictures from Curtus Settino [pot lids; galvanized pipe]. \\ | ||
| + | Several instruments with pictures from Werner Raditschnig [aluminum; electro-acoustic instruments; | ||
| + | Four string instruments from Peter Head, with pictures. \\ | ||
| + | Peter Struble installs outdoor playground instruments for children in Austin, Texas.\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===A Flute-Clock Caper=== | ||
| + | Robert Moore. 4+ pages; 2 pictures; 1 diagram.\\ | ||
| + | As a retirement gift for a fellow shop-worker in Canada’s Defense Research Lab, the author and his co-workers built a flute-clock. This instrument is a small barrel organ and is not a time keeper. The author describes the research, planning, construction and mechanics of this cooperatively build instrument. References to relevant books are conveniently included. \\ | ||
| + | [mechanical instruments; | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Hybrid Winds=== | ||
| + | [[Linsey Pollak]]. 4 pages; 5 pictures; 5 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes a few of his own wind instruments and provides information about their background. His instruments are based mostly on Eastern European folk instruments.\\ [clarinet; gaida; tarogato; zurna; suona; ney; kaval; supelka; koauau; fleahole; carrot flute; rubber gloves]\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Motormouth; | ||
| + | Martin Riches. 4 pages; 1 picture; 2 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | This article is a follow-up to one from ExMI September 1997 (Volume 13 #1). The author explains the function of a computer-controlled, | ||
| + | [phonetics; electric motors; speech organs; programming]\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Galloping Gamelan=== | ||
| + | Robin Goodfellow. 4 pages; 4 drawings; 2 songs.\\ | ||
| + | This is the sixth if the author’s series on simple instruments for children and people of all ages. The article opens with information on Balinese gamelan and goes on to explain the assembly and application of a gamelan set of tin cans. Includes a list of websites related to gamelan. \\ | ||
| + | [recycled materials; tuning systems; Sharon Anway] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Tank Music=== | ||
| + | Reed Maxson. 2 pages; 4 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | This article is a short report on the author’s musical activities using custom-welded steel tanks. He created a string bass using nylon rope and a 2000lb winch and played with “quasi-automated” components like swinging saws. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Hyperbiwa=== | ||
| + | Jhon Miura Hardy. | ||
| + | The author begins by briefly recalling the long history of the biwa (a family of plucked string instruments) in Japan. He clearly describes how the various aspects of the instrument function and how it was traditionally used. His own modern adaptation of this instrument, the hyperbiwa, adds internal springs for resonance and uses other non-traditional materials. \\ | ||
| + | [lute] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Bamboo and Music; Part 1=== | ||
| + | Richard Waters. 4 pages; 8 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | The author surveys some uses of bamboo in world instruments including genggong (Jaw harp), shakuhachi, musical kites, batutu, pan pipes and other wind and percussion instruments. Also included is information on harvesting, curing and working with the different types of bamboo. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Sub-chant Generator=== | ||
| + | Q.R. Ghazala. 7 pages; 5 pictures; 3 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Reaching back to the origins of western notation, the author takes a look at Gregorian chant and chant traditions of the world. Then he continues with descriptions of his subliminal-chant generator, which is two voice-synthesizing ICs that he rewired and organized into one sound-producing unit. Practical words on how he built his instrument end in a tantalizing list of resulting sounds. \\ | ||
| + | [circuit bending; electronics; | ||
| + | ====#3, MARCH 1999 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 10 pages; 9 pictures; 21 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Dwin R. Craig: Amiga computers used for speech synthesis. \\ | ||
| + | René van Peer: Musical interaction with birds. \\ | ||
| + | [[Bash the Trash]]: 6 ideas for simply constructed instruments using recycled materials. \\ | ||
| + | Notes: “Music of the streets” by Michael Colton about car-activated sounds published in The Washington Post Oct 1 1998. \\ | ||
| + | See www.composersforum.org for info on Harry Partch archives. \\ | ||
| + | Pictures and short text of Jacques Rémus’ mechanical-acoustic instrument [midi; computers]. \\ | ||
| + | Information on cigar box guitars from Shane Speal. \\ | ||
| + | Web site list includes search engine reviews.\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Polymorphous Percussion Construction; | ||
| + | Zeno Okeanos. 6 pages; 19 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | The author recreates percussion instruments of the world while applying his own ideas and materials. His writing provides information and background on traditional instruments such as tumbao, quinto, palito, congas, shekeres, kettle drums, udu, berimau, cowbells, t’ao ku, and more, and includes construction notes on his own modifications. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Dolceola; The World’s Smallest Grand Piano=== | ||
| + | Andy Cohen. 6+ pages; 5 pictures; 1 diagram.\\ | ||
| + | The dolceola is a miniature acoustic keyboard instrument modeled after a piano that was produced in Toledo, OH at the beginning of the 20th century. This article is a collection of historical facts, speculation and information gleaned from the observation of still existing dolceolas, all of which are the results of the author’s 25 years of researching the instrument. \\ | ||
| + | [Washington Philips; blues; key action; tuning systems]\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The New Sax Fingering System=== | ||
| + | Jim Schmidt. 3 pages; 6 pictures; 3 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Using his experience in engineering and machining, the author has redesigned the fingering system for the saxophone. This new system is arranged so that each successive chromatic note lies under each successive finger. Thus, fingering and transposing are simplified and extraneous hardware is eliminated. \\ | ||
| + | [Boehm fingering system] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Paul Panhuysen’s Long String Installations=== | ||
| + | René van Peer. 8 pages; 10 pictures; 2 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | The author reports on the world of long string instruments that Paul Panhuysen has developed in roughly 300 installations over more than 15 years. From interviews and his own observations, | ||
| + | [Pythagoras] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Laudable Launeddas and Other Reedy Folk=== | ||
| + | Robin Goodfellow. | ||
| + | This article is the seventh of the author’s series on instruments for children to build. She presents the interesting and comical lore of the launeddas, which is a reed instrument from the Italian island of Sardinia. Then she gives instructions on making a similar idioglot instrument out of soda straws. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Aeolian-Bow Kites in China=== | ||
| + | Mitchell Clark. 4 pages; 2 pictures; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | This article presents some history and examines the language related to Chinese Aeolian-bow kites. \\ | ||
| + | [organology] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Making a Fengqin=== | ||
| + | Wang Qinian, Wu Guanghui and Yu Jiming. Translated by Mitchell Clark and Rene Yung. 1+ pages; 4 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | This is a counterpart to the above article describing how to make an Aeolian-bow to add to a kite.\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Homemade Clements Plywood Centennial Augustus Stroh Violin=== | ||
| + | Cary Clements. 5 pages; 12 pictures; 4 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | The author opens with some brief history of the Stroh violin and then guides the reader through the process of building his own copy. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Deeper into Fleshtone; Sound Energy within the Human Body=== | ||
| + | Monte Thrasher.\\ | ||
| + | This is the second article in a series that began in ExMI September 1998 Volume 14 #1. The author unveils further thoughts and inventions related to the human experience of infrasound and tactile sound or fleshtone. The author’s fantasies mingle with devices such as the Bonefone, audiotac, Holophonic recording and much more. \\ | ||
| + | [sound sculpture; sirens; acoustics; patents.] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Bamboo and Music, Part 2=== | ||
| + | Richard Waters. 4 pages; 3 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | This is the second part of an article in EMI December 1998. The author looks at some different species of bamboo and their properties and uses. Then he explains various methods for preserving, curing and working with bamboo. \\ | ||
| + | [wind instruments; | ||
| + | ====#4, JUNE 1999 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 18 pages; 35 pictures; 5 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Shane W. Speal: B.B. King’s Mailbox guitar. \\ | ||
| + | Hugh Davies: Experimental instruments in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. \\ | ||
| + | Bob Grawi: Pogo stick bumbass, infrasound, double bridge harps and thanks. \\ | ||
| + | Notes: Report on the San Francisco State University Sinusoidal sound exhibition in March and April 1999. \\ | ||
| + | David Knott, music therapist, creates a program teaching homeless youth to create their own instruments. \\ | ||
| + | Alberto Magnin: Building membrane kalimbas and bamboo idiophone resonators.\\ | ||
| + | James Harbison: A giant rain stick, the Dumpstick, made during residency at San Francisco Recycling and Transfer Station. \\ | ||
| + | Frank Pahl: Automated door bell instruments. \\ | ||
| + | Len Maurer strings his walking stick to create the versatile Musicane. \\ | ||
| + | Michael Bradke’s interactive sound sculptures. \\ | ||
| + | Hans Tschiritsch, | ||
| + | Instruments from Hungarian maker, Viktor Lois. \\ | ||
| + | New instruments and coming CDs from Les Phônes. \\ | ||
| + | A report on Dr. Cecil Adkins’ lecture and performance on 15th-18th century European instrument, the tromba marina. \\ | ||
| + | Richard Johnson’s winslaphones combine various types of mouthpieces and bells to create different timbres. \\ | ||
| + | Bill Reid’s steel sound sculptures. \\ | ||
| + | Peter Hurney describes “the cold water shower reaction device”.\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Globular Horns=== | ||
| + | Barry Hall. 4 + pages; 8 pictures; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | The author describes his discovery of a globular horn disguised as an udu, and then his development on the theme with globular drum-horns, globular-tubular horns and globular fiddle-horns. He also untangles some of the mysterious behaviors of these instruments. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Freenotes from Richard Cooke=== | ||
| + | Bart Hopkin. 4 pages; 10 pictures; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | This is a photo journal of Richard Cooke’s percussion bar instruments with some nice pictures of great instruments and layout ideas. Notes on the instruments from Bart Hopkin. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Journey Through Sand and Flame; A Ceramic Musical Instrument Maker=== | ||
| + | Brian Ransom. 4 pages; 12 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | Pictures of beautifully sculpted, ceramic wind, string and percussion instruments illustrate the ideas and developments the author writes of. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Photosonic Disc=== | ||
| + | Jacques Dudon. 11 pages; 28 pictures; 2 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | This article documents the author’s extensive work with light as a sound source. He uses rotating transparent discs patterned with opaque ink to alternately block and pass light shining through to a photo electric cell to create different timbres and pitches. He writes of his many methods of creating the discs and filtering and modulating their output.\\ [waveforms; harmonics; tunings; Fibonacci; fractals; barabarie organ; sequencing] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Cultivated Sculptural=== | ||
| + | [[Ela Lamblin]]. 5 pages; 6 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | The function and design of instruments made from carrots, bull kelp, bicycles and stones blends with choreography and dance in this description of the author’s work. He and his spouse are working together to create a new genre of performance found in the merging of instrument building, music and dance. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Beyond the Shaker; Experimental Instruments and the New Educational Initiatives=== | ||
| + | [[John Bertles]]. 5+ pages; 2 pictures; 4 diagrams.\\ | ||
| + | Out of his work in elementary schools in New York, the author presents ideas for cross-curricular applications of instrument building in the classroom. He opens with some recent history of arts programs in schools, and what is needed to meet current requirements. Then he goes deeper into the connection of instrument building to history, cultural studies, geology, math, science, literacy and environmental studies. \\ | ||
| + | [finger piano; pan pipes; recycled materials; notation systems; acoustics]\\ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===No Unifying Idea in the Work of No One in Particular=== | ||
| + | John Berndt. 4+ pages; 7 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | The author runs through a selection of his original instruments ranging from amplified acoustic experiments to feedback and circuit bending. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments of a Future=== | ||
| + | Q.R. Ghazala. 9 pages; 16 pictures; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | The author’s final article for ExMI is a guide for the beginning circuit bender wishing to discover worlds of unintended sounds in toys and other simple sound-making circuitry. He covers all the tools, supplies and techniques one needs to embark on this adventure, and includes illustrative examples of his own instruments. \\ | ||
| + | [switches; potentiometers; | ||
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| + | ===Straws in the Wind, or, the Wind in the Willows=== | ||
| + | Robin Goodfellow. 5+ pages; 32 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | To complete her pedagogical series in ExMI, the author presents her pan pipes, slide whistle and oboe made from soda straws. As always, she includes interesting instrumental and cultural lore. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Extra, Extra – Stroh Violins Still Being Made!!!=== | ||
| + | Cary Clements. 4 pages; 11 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | The author reports on his research into the making, design, function and use of two contemporary Stroh spin-offs: the Burmese Stroh violin and the Transylvanian funnel fiddle. | ||
| + | ===Articles We Shoulda Done=== | ||
| + | Bart Hopkin. 2+ pages.\\ | ||
| + | These last notes from the editor of EMI include some interesting leads for continued research: novelties from the Deagan company, slide saxophone patents, John Keeley, Chinese-Western orchestral instruments, | ||
| ======NOTES====== | ======NOTES====== | ||
| + | Instances originally written as " | ||
| [[Cornelius Cardew]] is strangely never mentioned in the listings of EMI, but is mentioned in relationship to [[Philip Dadson]]. | [[Cornelius Cardew]] is strangely never mentioned in the listings of EMI, but is mentioned in relationship to [[Philip Dadson]]. | ||
