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Re: mechanical looping instruments (was singing bowls)



Yes, yes a photo please!

Om

-----Original Message-----
From: Ztars'R'Us <harvey@cts.com>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
<Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2000 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: mechanical looping instruments (was singing bowls)


>related to this topic which someone may find interesting. Sorry if it's
not:
>
>We built a pair of instruments as museum exhibits (toys) that consisted of
>a cylinder about 2' x 6"D that oerated like a programmable music box. 
>Holes
>were drilled in 15 columns (rings), 24 holes per column. Pegs could be
>inserted by the users at any location. Each column related to a note(s) 
>and
>because of the fixed rotational rate of the cylinder, the tempo was fixed
>with 24 beats available per measure. I set up the 15 notes in various
>scales, pentatonic and such, to avoid annoying children with too much
>chromaticity. This way it's easy to create interesting melodies without 
>any
>knowlege of music. The user sets up the pegs where the want and then
>presses a button to make the "OrchestraRoller" rotate. I also added a
>button that when pressed would add in a harmonized note in another voice. 
>I
>think we put a Yamaha DB50 card inside one unit and A Roland SCD-15 in the
>other. The thing rocked on a drum patch.
>
>The intention of the exhibit was to demonstrate basic musical elements to
>children: rhythm, pitch, melody, harmony. One of these is in San Diego and
>the other is in Texas somewhere, I believe.
>Really a contraption. I'll hunt around for a foto.
>tnx, harvey
>
>At 04:43 AM 10/19/00 -0300, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Anyway, I am very curious about what is happening, and sorry if this
>>>thread is wearing thin for some of you.  I find the singing bowls
>>>fascinating and fun, and it is my nature to try and figure out how
>>>things work, especially sound
>>
>>oh, we are here to learn.
>>
>>Isnt the bowl the oldest looping instrument?
>>As your hand makes a looping movement it creates a drawn...
>>Well you can achieve this with a cat, too :-)
>>
>>Rich:
>>
>>>This discussion made me think of what a bowl would sound like and
>>>what frequencies could be generated by making some sort of pneumatic
>>>device that would hold the bowl (small suction cup at the bottom?),
>>>and spin a dowel around the lip, and you could vary the speed of
>>>rotation, and the pressure applied to the bowl.
>>
>>sure, we can make a lot of mechanically looping instruments still.
>>A painter friend suggested to make an endless rainmaker:
>>A circular tube on a bycicle wheel, maybe wind driven.
>>In the tube there are stones or rice and the walls are fitted with
>>varying tongues  so it keeps changing sound while it turns... you can
>>nearly compose like for a music box, but its still much more
>>irregular and softer sounding...
>>--
>>
>>
>>          ---> http://Matthias.Grob.org
>>
>>
>>
>http://www.starrlabs.com
>