Happy Turkey Day everyone. I hope it is a good one. I now present you with... The one and only Turkey Synth.
Pictured here is the Harmonic Generator.
"Created by Isac Zal, the Harmonic Generator is a new experimental electronic instrument. It consists of five main components:
* 64 piano strings on the outside of the device are chromatically tuned to 32 notes.
* 32 corresponding motors with bristle paint brushes beating the strings at controlled speeds
* a homemade keyboard, played like a piano, controls motors.
* 12 pick-ups that focus on one octave of strings
* a transducer at the end of the instrument that feeds back the sound of the pick-ups into the large resonance hull"
via Oddmusic.com. this one was sent to the Wiard list via the man himself, Grant Richter.
I wonder if they were hungry when this idea came to mind? ha ha ha
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah, Happy Thanksgiving to you too!! :D
ReplyDeleteBased on the description, it actually could be a cool-sounding instrument; a shame there are no audio samples.
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy Thanksgiving!