source file: m1409.txt
Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 07:41:09 -0400

Subject: Monochord

From: Daniel Wolf <DJWOLF_MATERIAL@compuserve.com>

Allen Strange asked about building a monochord.

An obvious model is a design from your own backyard - Lou Harrison and Bi=
ll
Colvig have made many monochords, usually two string 'comparative
monochords', using an aluminum metre stick between two bridges over a
simple plywood box with piano or zither pins on one end and nails at the
other for the wires. One nice addition was a set of tweezers mounted to a=

small piece of wood to slide alongside the metre stick and stop the strin=
g
more precisely.

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