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Article: Paperbacks; Author sings the praises of the gravikord, whirlie and pyrophone Intriguing book/CD package also explores the `sonic properties' of hardware items.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Review) (book review)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- May 11, 1997
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If you have even the vaguest idea of what a gravikord, pyrophone or intonarumori sounds like, or recognize the names Harry Partch, Wendy Mae Chambers or Hans Reichel, you will almost certainly want to track down the latest production from Ellipsis Arts.
Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones: Experimental Musical Instruments, by Bart Hopkin ($29.95) is a multimedia work that includes a 96-page book and an 18-track, 73-minute compact disc. Hopkin covers the work of 37 builders of new and unusual instruments who, in addition to those already mentioned, include Leon Theremin, Ken Butler, Robert Grawi, Jean-Claude Chapuis and Reinhold Marxhausen, who grew up in Vergas, ...