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The original hurdy-gurdy was a medieval instrument which used a handle-driven rotary bow to play strings.
Consider now a straight stick bow. You have to move it back and forth. And it is a line so it can only intercept one string at once; two if you are lucky. Other strings are silent, waiting
their turn.
The dremel rotary bow attaches small motor driven wheels to each finger. Each wheel can serve as a bow when applied to a string; each string gets to sing a constant note instead of a blurting bleat on being strummed. Bowed chords involving all strings become possible. A new era of music dawns!
You shaggy folks: pull all that artistic hair back before you turn on your finger bows. If you get your hair tangled in one the music will stop.
Geigenwerk
https://de.wikipedi...wiki/Streichklavier
Automated version [pocmloc, Jul 28 2015]
Baked
http://www.gizmotron.com
[doctorremulac3, Jul 28 2015]
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Not a projectile weapon, then ? |
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This is much closer to a Geigenwerk than to ordinary bowed strings. I would say this invention is to a Geigenwerk, as a harp is to a harpsichord, or as hammered dulcimer is to piano. But I believe it is a genuinely new invention, which would work, a true rarity in organology, so [+] |
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Believe it or not, very baked. I always wanted one of
these but they were almost impossible to get back
when I was a young rock star. I see that they've re-
introduced them though. |
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The name of this device is, of course, the Gizmotron.
(see link) |
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Ok very good [dr]. But the Gizmotron's wheels are not finger-mounted, so it is really just a 6 string geigenwerk, is it not? |
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Doc, the gizmotron interface looks like a bunch of Qtips. Do they spin? |
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Yes, It had 6 spinning wheels that hit the string when
you push their corresponding actuator key. |
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The gizmotron was keyboard mounted to I guess the
idea of putting the rollers on individual fingers is
novel. Not sure if that would be a bonus or hindrance
though. The sound is amazing. Like I said, always
wanted one. |
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The electro magnetic version, the "E-bow" was the
method we used in my day. This was a little hand
held device that generated a modulating magnetic
field that would set the string to vibrating when you
held it close. |
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//bonus or hindrance// neither, just different. |
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