Long string instrument

Long string instrument

The long string instrument, invented by the American composer Ellen Fullman, is tuned in just intonation and played by walking along the length of its approximately 100 90-foot-long strings and rubbing them with rosined hands and producing longitudinal vibrations. A C-clamp is used on each string for tuning, much like a guitar capo. The Long String Instrument's range is centered on the octave of middle C and extends above and below this by an octave. The strings of the bass octave extend the instrument's full 90 feet.

History

Fullman (b. Memphis, Tennessee, 1957) is a composer who studied sculpture at the Kansas City Art Institute. She has performed with the Deep Listening Band and Paul Panhuysen. Her early pieces were notated with choreography.

References

*Fullman, Ellen. "The Long String Instrument". Holland: Apollo Records, 1985. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24552323?tab=details (worldcat)]

External links

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cactusbones/sets/1030065/ Ellen Fullman's Long String Instrument] Photographs from the Flanders Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 2003
*cite web |url=http://www.ellenfullman.com/production/LSI_tek_info_feet.pdf |title="Long String Instrument Installation" |accessdate=2008-07-30 |author=Ellen Fullman |date= |work= |publisher=


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