This sculpture is a 16-stringed, 6ft, pendulum-shaped instrument, with a stainless steel resonating chamber, that is suspended from the ceiling and played using a cello bow to bring out upper partials. The Stamenphone hums and wails empyrean melodies, evocative of whales and cellos and mermaid songs.
It does sound pretty remarkable.
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March 21st, 2006 at 9:34 am
I’m waiting for a band that uses one. Someone should ring the Arcade Fire, they might do it. Or the Broken Social Scene.
March 23rd, 2006 at 12:06 am
elillusions, a man in california area makes and plays instruments like this.