Muncie Indiana |
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Shmoos Harp by Dan Senn(hear play) | Constructed from pvc, nylon line, suspended resonator, speaker
August 1990
transducer, stereo amplifier and threaded piezos.Feedback loop:
Gain from stereo amplifier (via speaker transducer on front and back
of plate) is pushed into suspended silver platter. Resonance from
platter travel by nylon line which thread piezo mics with output
returning to stereo amplifier. Feedback is performed by applying
weight (w/hands)to platter (nylon is continuously threaded to allow
for easy change in string length). Instrument also played by bowing
and plucking nylon lines, by using wind blown pendulums attached
to upper lengths of nylon lines, and by tapping, scraping string
and pvc chassis. |
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