There was a guy who came to my college in the 70s named Tom Stone(? )He had
invented a scheme with 19 tones to the octave he called a sharmachord. If I'm
not mistaken, I think he got someone to build a guitar with removable
fretboards. If he didn't do it, I've seen them elsewhere. That would
Subject: [LUTE] Re: microtonal guitar
To: Lute List List List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Thursday, 25 April, 2013, 15:51
I haven't seen this particular incarnation yet. However, everything
old is new again...
Louis Panormo (1784 - 1862):
[1]http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de
Tom Stone's patent is on [1]google.com/patents, number 4132143.
According to an article by David Canright, who made his own JI guitar
and wondered about interchangeable fretboards was practical, Tom Stone
sold the patent to Mark Rankin. Canright said
I haven't seen this particular incarnation yet. However, everything old is new
again...
Louis Panormo (1784 - 1862):
http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/MUSEUM/GITARREN/0566.htm
Rene Lacote (ca. 1785 - after 1868) did similar only a little later in time,
but I can't find any electronic
Amazing synchronicity amongst individuals within the same group. I was
just given the same link to this player yesterday from a
colleague/occasional student - an avant-garde composer performing
artist with no connection to lute geekdom- of course he wants one! And
this has been up since 2010.
On 04/25/2013 07:18 AM, Edward Chrysogonus Yong wrote:
Has anyone else seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYK_PF9WTRE
The maker calls it a microtonal guitar, and the frets are individually
movable under the strings. hmm. could be awfully useful…
Edward Chrysogonus Yong
