[sdiy] Francesco Lupica & The Cosmic Beam

[Peter Grenader]

keith fullerton whitman wrote:

>> ...The player and inventor, a woman whose name I've forgotten, used
>> a rosin impregnated cloth to make the strings sound.

Ahhhh...compression waves.  Much like the Mass Ensemble's gigantic Earth
Harps. Also an LA consortium, these guys are as amazing as their
instruments, some of which are over 300 feet long.  check it out:

http://www.massensemble.com/index2.html

You can see one of them being played in this fashion, but using a glove
instead of a cloth, right on the homepage. Check out the instrument photo
gallery - your mouth will drop.

- P