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Harry Partch’s Instruments
For your Friday afternoon amusement, I recommend Harry Partch’s Instruments
These instruments were made to be beautiful in sound, vision, and “magical purpose.” They were tuned according to the natural overtone series… Some, like the Chromelodeon, had as many as 43 tones in a single “octave.” [Harry Partch] made particular instruments for specific needs in his compositions, not the other way around. But, more than this, he designed the instruments to be “corporeal.” To Partch, corporeal meant to involve the whole body, the whole person in the art.
That being the case, it seems almost sacrilege to “play” these virtual versions of the instruments. Nevertheless, I’m inviting you to do that at the link.
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