The Purple Boy was the test for a longer series of instruments built with artist Justin Cooper for my 2022 exhibition, Study in Place. It is a reworking of one of my earlier cigar box kalimbas and features a chain woven into the tines to allow for an adjustable level of noise in performance. The pickup is a piezo disc, and is held in place by two-part epoxy and regular prayers.
Daffodil
Left and Right Roses
Gravity Harp
Singing Glass
Purple Boy
The Stupid Thing
Glass Organ
Hybrid Kalimba (In Collaboration with Justin Cooper)
Funkhouser Oscillator V1