Re: [Harp-L] Symphonium

[Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wish someone would tune it.
RD


On 8 December 2014 at 03:18, jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> The recent thread on diatonic or limited note-set instruments other than
> harp (jaw harps; Appalachian dulcimers; fretless zithers; many diatonic
> accordions; most mbira/kalimba type instruments; several Asian free-reed
> instruments; blow accordions; many mallet instruments both traditional
> (balafon) and modern (Orff); some hurdy gurdies; others I'm missing) as
> well as some of the talk of tunable instruments and invention history
> reminded me of one of the neatest free-reed instruments of the past.  It's
> diatonic (well, this one is--you can add more buttons, but then it doesn't
> look nearly as cute) and from one of the most significant free-reed
> innovators and I wish someone would make a modern version:
>
>
> http://www.mfa.org/node/399736
>
>
>
> The Wheatstone Symphonium (
> http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/explore/acoustics/wheatstonessymphonium/
> )  On my long list of desired instruments, this May rank #1.  And would
> take up a lot less room than an Aeolian Orchestrelle.
>
>
> JR Ross
>