james83812Jul 21, 20172 minMonochord in CI occasionally get asked to build unusual musical instruments. I’m always up for a challenge and when local musician Ed Mikenas...
james83812Mar 26, 20231 minThe TrichordianAt the end of 2022 I was contacted by the producer of a Cleveland, Ohio performance of Howard Shore's award-winning score of Lord of the...
james83812Mar 21, 20225 minBrendan, an electro-mechanical, computer-controlled system to play the hammer dulcimerIn October 2021, I was approached by Stan Humphries, a New Mexico based electrical and computer engineer, who obviously had too much time...
james83812Apr 30, 20171 minBuilding a 16/15 Indian SantoorAfter having built a number of aspects of Indian Santoors, I finally got a commission to build a complete instrument based on a...