source file: mills3.txt Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:36:43 +0100 Subject: HammerStrings From: sejic@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu (World Harmony Project Inc.) Erik Nauman writes: >I';m glad you posted because I remember seeing your JI web page last >summer and wantng to know how the hammer strings are played. I assume >they are struck with some type of mallet or include a keyboard of some >type? How is it tuned? I'd love to hear about it; it resembles the >instrument I would make in my dreams. Thanks for the interest! The instrument is the soundboard, harp and strings from an old piano, that was on it's way to the dump from a theater I used to work for. It is mounted on a large easel-like stand with weels to roll. It is the second hardest of my instruments to move (only the Bass Marimba is harder). The highest strings (to the far right) are tuned to Subharmonics 1-12, in courses of 4 seperated by a 2-string space to make it easier to hit them with marimba mallets. The center section is tuned to harmonics 4-18, with the same coursing and spacing. The lowest section is subharmonics 5-19, with varying numbers of strings per course. Besides hitting them with both hard and soft mallets (near the bridge for a brite sound, in the center for a mellow sound) I also play it with a flat pick, and occassionally with finger picks. Am planning to put some sounds on the web-site pretty soon. Does anyone else want me to do that? Best wishes, Denny Genovese Director Southeast Just Intonation Center sejic@afn.org World Harmony Project Inc. PO Box 15464 http://www.afn.org/~sejic Gainesville, FL 32604 USA SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: Erik Nauman Subject: RE: TUNING digest 1265 PostedDate: 13-12-97 01:55:14 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 13-12-97 01:53:22-13-12-97 01:53:22,13-12-97 01:53:05-13-12-97 01:53:06 DeliveredDate: 13-12-97 01:53:06 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125656C.0004DE48; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:55:06 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA14309; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:55:14 +0100 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:55:14 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA14307 Received: (qmail 2298 invoked from network); 12 Dec 1997 16:55:09 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Dec 1997 16:55:09 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu