source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 13:41:30 -0800 Subject: Cris Forster From: John Chalmers Cris Forster was very much involved in the Partch Foundation at one time but has gone in his own direction since as a composer, performer and instrument builder Though obviously inspired by Partch, Cris told me that it was only after Harry's death that he learned of his work. He has built his own orchestra of tuned percussion and plucked string instruments tuned to a 13-limit system rather than 11-limit system. The Chrysalis, the rotating circular lyre, is a stunning instrument. (Forster is a superb cabinet-maker.) --John Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 5 Mar 1997 01:58 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA06158; Wed, 5 Mar 1997 01:58:35 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA06267 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id QAA05062; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 16:57:00 -0800 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 16:57:00 -0800 Message-Id: <332eb7c0.371995479@kcbbs.gen.nz> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu