This is a work in progress…
Trying to figure out how to integrate this instrument into the work so far. It sounds more like a steel drum to me.
This is a work in progress…
Here we have the .080″ twisted piano wire instrument samples taken down a few octaves. Here’s a picture of part of the instrument. It’s made of .080″ piano wire (very thick tempered steel wire), which is bent with a pair of plyers and a blow torch into interesting shapes. The wires are then brazed onto a steel plate, and magnetic transducers are attached to pick up the vibrations. Csound is used to drop the sample by 1, 2, or three octaves.
Richard Boulanger is collecting samples to include with some Csound generating software. I volunteered to include the Finger Piano, Balloon Drum, and spring instruments I have been using, since I recorded them myself.
Here is a zip file.
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