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  • Interval Journal
  • Innovators
    • Harry Partch
    • Ivor Darreg
    • Erv Wilson
    • Denny Genovese
    • Buzz Kimball
  • Microtonal History
    • Letters between Ivor Darreg and Erv Wilson
    • Microtonal Instrument Gallery
  • Resources
    • TonalSoft® Microtonal Music Encyclopedia
    • Sonic Arts Gallery
  • Interval Journal
  • Innovators
    • Harry Partch
    • Ivor Darreg
    • Erv Wilson
    • Denny Genovese
    • Buzz Kimball
  • Microtonal History
    • Letters between Ivor Darreg and Erv Wilson
    • Microtonal Instrument Gallery
  • Resources
    • TonalSoft® Microtonal Music Encyclopedia
    • Sonic Arts Gallery

Innovators

  • Microtonal Musicians
    • Harry Partch
    • Ivor Darreg
    • Buzz Kimball
    • Denny Genovese
    • Erv Wilson
  • Microtonal Organizations

Instrument Gallery

Jonathan Glasier, Pentaphone
Jonathan Glasier experimenting with the Lumatone
Jonathan Glasier experimenting with the Lumatone’s 19edo (19 tone equal division temperament) preset.
Microtonal musicians playing DIY microtonal instruments. Far right: Dean Drummond and Zoomoozophone with Stefani Zarin; Center: Don Yallech playing the Boobams; Left: Johnny Reinhard (and cat) playing Harmonic Canons
Kozinn, Allan. “A Festival of All Those Notes in Between” The New York Times, 08 May 1988, Section 2, p. 21.
Harry Partch, Boo II, Bamboo Marimbas
Harry Partch, Boo II, Bamboo Marimbas
Harry Partch, Boo II, Bamboo Marimbas
Denny Genovese playing Partch’s Cloud Chamber Bowls
Erv Wilson’s Hebdomakontany Xylophone | Photographer unknown
Concert Review, "Microtonal" by Newband,1982
Concert Review, “Microtonal” by Newband, 29 April, 1982
Black and white image of the Amplifying Harmonic Canon
Kimball, Buzz. Amplifying Harmonic Canon.
Photograph of Buzz Kimball's invented musical instruments from 1988, Novosonics collection.
Buzz Kimball’s invented musical instruments, 1988. From the Novosonics collection.
Photograph of Buzz Kimball's amplifying harmonic cannon with 53 strings and 3 pickups
Amplifying Harmonic Cannon with 53 strings and 3 pickups, designed and built by Buzz Kimball.
Technical drawing or photograph of the Polychord II, a steel guitar with interchangeable fretboards for alternative tuning systems.
The Polychord II, an experimental steel guitar designed by Buzz Kimball with interchangeable fretboards for exploring alternative tuning systems.
Photograph of Buzz Kimball's Novosonics invented musical instruments
Buzz Kimball’s Novosonics instruments
Scanned page showing technical diagram or documentation of Novosonics invented instruments by Buzz Kimball.
Documentation of Buzz Kimball’s Novosonics invented musical instruments.
Photograph of Buzz Kimball's Novosonics invented musical instruments, detail view 02.
Documentation of Buzz Kimball’s Novosonics microtonal instruments
Scan of photos of instruments by Buzz Kimball
Scan of photos of instruments by Buzz Kimball, from Building a Microtonal Orchestra. Interval, Winter 1982/1983
Photograph of Buzz Kimball's Novosonics musical instruments from 1988
Documentation of Buzz Kimball’s Novosonics invented musical instruments, 1988.
Sheet of Buzz Kimball's Novosonics string instruments, including Novoharp and Harmonic Kannon designs.
Promotional material for Buzz Kimball’s Novosonics instrument line, featuring electro-acoustic string instruments designed by the inventor.
Concert program for Glen Prior percussionist recital at Los Angeles City College Music Department, October 6, 1977.
Glen Prior. Percussionist concert program, Los Angeles City College, October 6, 1977. Featuring microtonal instruments designed by Ivor Darreg and compositions by Erv Wilson.
Scanned page of text documentation about Lyra Sound Constellation instrument, 1983.
George Landry. Lyra Sound Constellation. 1983.
Handwritten diagram of tuning lattice for Array Instruments, showing frequency ratios and cent values.
Bill Wesley. Array Instruments tuning lattice diagram, c. 1994.
Diagram showing array layout and emotional/spatial relationships with labeled zones and connecting lines
Bill Wesley. Array and Location diagram, c. 1995.
Rear view diagram of Ivor Darreg's ARRAY instrument Op. 10 Cipher showing wiring and component layout.
Ivor Darreg. Rear view of Op. 10 ‘Cipher’ ARRAY diagram. Bill Wesley collection, c. 1995.
Bill Wesley and Jonathan Glasier performing with Array Mbiras
Bill Wesley and Jonathan Glasier performing with Array Mbiras
Bill Wesley and Jonathan Glasier performing with Array Mbiras
Bill Wesley and Jonathan Glasier performing with Array Mbiras
Bill Wesley and Jonathan Glasier playing Array Mbiras
Bill Wesley and Jonathan Glasier playing Array Mbiras
Bill Wesley playing mbira at Futureworld, 1989.
Bill Wesley playing mbira at Futureworld, 1989.
Bill Wesley playing an Array Psaltry, microtonal stringed instrument.
Bill Wesley with Array Psaltry.
Letter from John Schneider dated June 15, 1991, discussing Walter Vogt's microtonal fretboard invention and tuning systems.
John Schneider. Letter to Tom regarding Walter Vogt’s fine tuneable fretboard and microtonal guitar recordings. Venice, CA, June 15, 1991.
Guitar fretboard with multiple tuning systems marked: temperament, meantone, Bach, Werkmeister, quarter-tone.
Walter Vogt. Fine tunable fretboard displaying meantone, Bach, Werkmeister, and 24-TET tuning systems. Tuned with Wittner TM tuner.
Maromba Eroica instrument or composition by D. Genovese
D. Genovese. Maromba Eroica.
Handwritten letter from Ivor Darreg discussing instruments, performances, and microtonal music.
Ivor Darreg. Letter to Denny Genovese. September 3, 1991.
Article about Ivor Darreg's history of inventing instruments and using others' invented instruments, including those by Tillman Schafer and Ervin Wilson
Part of an article about Ivor Darreg’s history of inventing instruments and using others’ invented instruments, including those by Tillman Schafer and Ervin Wilson
Product catalog or promotional image for François Bashet sound sculptures.
François Bashet. Sound Sculpture products catalog or promotional materials.
Promotional text describing Other Music ensemble, founded 1975, their justly tuned American Gamelan, and 14-tone tuning system.
Other Music SF. Ensemble description and justly tuned American Gamelan documentation. Journal of Just Intonation Music, circa 1980.
Magazine article by Judy Berman about Pepe Estavane and his 100-tone Carrillo Harp
Judy Berman. ‘Pepe Estavane and his Carrillo Harp.’ Holistic Living News, 1981.
Pepe Estevane and Ivor Darreg with 100 Tone Harmony Harp with 100 Tone Harmony Harp
Pepe Estevane and Ivor Darreg with the 100 Tone Harmony Harp.
Technical drawing of Multi-Keyboard Gridiron instrument design with angular geometric patterns and proprietary notice.
Erv Wilson. Multi-Keyboard Gridiron technical drawing, 1987. Proprietary design documentation.
Photograph of a keyboard organ built by W.A. Jim Piehl, tuned to 19 equal divisions of the octave.
W.A. Jim Piehl. 19 EDO Organ. Photograph.
Photograph of W.A. Piehl with guitar and slide guitar instruments.
W.A. Piehl. Guitar and Slide Guitar.
Interval Archive

An archive of the microtonal music journal INTERVAL and information by and about microtonal musicians

  • Interval Journal
  • Innovators
    • Harry Partch
    • Ivor Darreg
    • Erv Wilson
    • Denny Genovese
    • Buzz Kimball
  • Microtonal History
    • Letters between Ivor Darreg and Erv Wilson
    • Microtonal Instrument Gallery
  • Resources
    • TonalSoft® Microtonal Music Encyclopedia
    • Sonic Arts Gallery

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