Re: [microsound] wind sculptures/wind harps

[Jim Flannery <newgrange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

j.frede wrote to microsound:

jf> wind harps, has anyone on the list know about these? or has anyone
jf> ever seen/heard one in person? sounds pretty amazing

There was a 2xLP released around 71 or 72, simply entitled _The Wind
Harp_ (no artist credit), which documented a huge wind harp someone
(again, unnamed) built on a hillside somewhere (unspecified) in New
England ... the "theory of obscurity" approach was a little irritating
(and now redundant, the harp was built by Ward McCain whose website has
a page on it here: http://www.wardmccainartist.com/harp.html) but the
recordings -- all untreated, simply using a very directional (and
heavily shielded) microphone, often placed inside the resonator -- are
amazing, thick multilayered textures that you could easily mistake for
then-contemporary electronic music.

Gordon Monahan did a piece in the mid-80s called _Long Aeolian Piano_
which is partially documented on one of his albums (either _Piano
Mechanics_ or _Speaker Swinging_, not sure which).

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Jim Flannery                            newgrange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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np: Six Organs of Admittance, _You Can Always See the Sun_
nr: Mervyn Peake, _Titus Groan_