[sdiy] Sun Ra Synth Flute?

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In a message dated 10/12/03 9:46:24 AM, lesmizz at scampers.com writes:

<< ethan tripp wrote:


> this may be slightly OT, but i saw the sun ra arkestra last night, and 

> one of the main players was using some kind of instrument that looked 

> like a small black box, about 12x1.5x2 inches with knobs on the sides 

> and a large knob that hung off the end. 

 >>

That would probably have been an old Steiner EVI (Electronic Valve 
Instrument).  It's a little wind-controlled analog synth that was manufactred by Crumar 
in the early 1980's.  Nyle Steiner later redesigned it as a MIDI controller 
and that instrment was made and sold by Akai.  Akai also made a "sax" version of 
it called the EWI.  EVI's are much more rare than EWI's these days.

Michael Bacich