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Author:  Jayesskerr [ Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:22 am ]
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Hmmn, what all is out there. Post YouTube videos if you can find 'em?

My contribution. Mark Wood's "Wood Violins". I've known about these for a while; really cool stuff!

http://youtu.be/Ka0a9HSNs_Y

Author:  AndyJPro [ Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:04 am ]
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Here's a pic of me and Ol'Woody. He's an interesting fellow. My stepmom was the orchestra teacher at the other high school in Bismarck, and Mark Wood has his "Electrify Your Strings" program (which is really great for school orchestras), and he likes to have guitar players and drummers present, mostly for looks, but it's still fun.

Here he is making me really uncomfortable.
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A good friend of mine has one his "Saber" fretted 5 strings. It's a shame it's not a better made instrument, the neck shrank a bunch and frets all stick out, and they still use friction pegs (I mean what year is this?). It should really have a truss rod too.
For as much as they cost I would really like to see them made domestically.

Author:  john.e [ Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:20 am ]
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjfp1ayQ9h0[/youtube]

Author:  Sominus [ Sun Mar 13, 2016 12:55 pm ]
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Since we're showing off Mark Woods, here is my son on stage with him...

Author:  AnDroiD [ Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:54 pm ]
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Kadabra, huh? a little too buzzed with fingers on strings right now...think i'll stick with Stick. (really cool lookin'. they make it in bamboo?)

Author:  paigan0 [ Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:48 am ]
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This is a very old instrument, but new to me: the Swedish Nyckelharpa. viewtopic.php?f=17&t=10737

But I learned about the LinnStrument from Jacubert's Shame 2016 post. It's a new way to play keyboards:

Quote:
I'm fascinated by the mention of the Linnstrument, so I poked around and read this Wired article: http://www.wired.com/2015/03/linnstrument/.

It's called "The instrument that's the key to electronic music's future."

Sound on Sound from the 2015 NAMM with Roger Linn, inventor:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLh6G1aLuzo[/youtube]

The next new, cool instrument to me that wasn't Stick-related: The Marcodi Harpeijji and its inventor, Tim Meeks.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKkJpQUiqQ[/youtube]

All of these instruments are keyboard-type instruments and new and cool to me--especially the LinnStrument. Thanks for the thread, Scott!

Author:  paigan0 [ Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:43 am ]
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This article actually recommends playing the LinnStrument "like a Chapman Stick":

http://www.keyboardmag.com/gear/1183/th ... yers/52488

Quote:
The LinnStrument comes with guitar strap pins that can be screwed into any of its four corners, and Roger recommends holding the unit like a Chapman Stick, i.e., on a diagonal with your left hand wrapped around the top left quadrant and your right hand around the bottom right. I tried this, but my left hand strained to reach the bass notes in the bottom left area. It would help if you could flip the note layout of the left-hand split part so that the lowest notes started with the top left pad, but I could see that steepening the learning curve as you’d need to think about two mirror-imaged note layouts at once. I reverted to placing it flat on a desktop with my hands in “keyboard player” position.

Sweetwater has them here for around $1500: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LinnStrument

I've asked my Sweetwater dude for some more info, and I might end up putting one on that 2-year interest-free $5000 credit card Sweetwater foolishly approved me for (foolish for me--smart business for them!). Anyone with some experience with the LinnStrument care to tell me more about them and your experience(s) with them? Thanks!

Author:  Captain Strings [ Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:23 am ]
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This instrument has been around in this form since about 1960 or so. And nothing sounds remotely like it - especially in the hands of someone like my friend Tommy White. Here he stretches out on the C6 neck of a D-10 Emmons. The pedals and knee levers alter the tuning in some subtle and not-so-subtle ways in real time while the strings are ringing. I've often pondered adding 3 or 4 thumb levers on the back side of a Stick to alter the high strings on the bass side tuning for more advanced chord options and maybe a whole tone raise on the 3rd string on the melody side. The way I envision it the back of the Stick neck would resemble a simpler version the linkages on a clarinet.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZoPTJNmiCw[/youtube]

Author:  Gnat [ Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:55 am ]
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what about and Eigenharp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF38B38dSHo

Author:  Jayesskerr [ Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:52 pm ]
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paigan0 wrote:
This article actually recommends playing the LinnStrument "like a Chapman Stick":

http://www.keyboardmag.com/gear/1183/th ... yers/52488

Quote:
The LinnStrument comes with guitar strap pins that can be screwed into any of its four corners, and Roger recommends holding the unit like a Chapman Stick, i.e., on a diagonal with your left hand wrapped around the top left quadrant and your right hand around the bottom right. I tried this, but my left hand strained to reach the bass notes in the bottom left area. It would help if you could flip the note layout of the left-hand split part so that the lowest notes started with the top left pad, but I could see that steepening the learning curve as you’d need to think about two mirror-imaged note layouts at once. I reverted to placing it flat on a desktop with my hands in “keyboard player” position.

Sweetwater has them here for around $1500: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LinnStrument

I've asked my Sweetwater dude for some more info, and I might end up putting one on that 2-year interest-free $5000 credit card Sweetwater foolishly approved me for (foolish for me--smart business for them!). Anyone with some experience with the LinnStrument care to tell me more about them and your experience(s) with them? Thanks!



Paigann you sonofabitch! Now I want a Linnstrument so bad I can taste it. Dammit... The gear lust continues...

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