source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 08:54:29 -0800 Subject: Eikosany vibes From: Manuel.Op.de.Coul@ezh.nl (Manuel Op de Coul) There is an electronic ambient work on CD in which microtonal vibraphones are used: Michael Stearns: "Jewel" (1979/1985). Recorded using the Eikosany vibraphones, a 20 tone instrument designed by Erv Wilson. On "Morning / Jewel", Sonic Atmospheres, 1985. It is reissued in a shorter version on the new CD "Collected Ambient & Textural Works 1977-1987", Hearts of Space, 1996. 11068-2 This is Wilson's 3 out of 6 1.3.5.7.9.11 Eikosany (1.3.5 tonic) 1/1 33/32 21/20 11/10 9/8 7/6 99/80 77/60 21/16 11/8 7/5 231/160 3/2 63/40 77/48 33/20 7/4 9/5 11/6 77/40 2/1 I am not certain it's this one used, but it's likely. Manuel Op de Coul coul@ezh.nl Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 11 Dec 1996 19:09 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA24511; Wed, 11 Dec 1996 19:11:24 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA24513 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id KAA10857; Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:11:21 -0800 Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:11:21 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu