Hi, Rob: This sounds very low-tech, but you can use simple "clickers" - any type of loud sharp handheld clickers as a substitute. I'm trying to remember the "official" name for them, but there used to exist little metal (tin?) toys that were small animal shapes (frogs?) and fit in your palm that you could go about the room clicking. Are they still available at toy stores? or has every toy gone "high-tech"? Alvin, himself, recommended this to me as an alternative back in '78 (whew, time flies...), so maybe he still feels that this is an alternative(?) I believe that actual echolocation devices are now available through companies that provide resources for the visually impaired, but may be prohibitively expensive for folks who are not impaired.
Hope this is of some help, R --- fred fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to locate equipment required to perform > Alvin Lucier's "Vespers" (1969). The original > equipment consisted of handheld echolocation devices > called Sondols which are, I believe, no longer being > produced. Does anyone know where Sondols or suitable > substitutes might be obtained nowadays? Does anyone > know how recent performances have been mounted? > > Thanks very much for any information. (FYI, I'm > located in San Diego, CA.) > > Yours truly, > Rob Wannamaker > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just > $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
