Re: some personal revelation experiences with "atonal"or

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Jonathan M. Szanto wrote:

> I agree in part: if someone builds the prototypes and someone (else?)
> creates some killer music for the instruments, then a groundswell could
> start. But no company will be willing to invest the big money to make
> completely new ww/brass instruments unless they perceive that they can
> sell them. All we need do is look at the kbd people: it is so
> brain-dead easy to add micro-tuning, but how many have done it? And how
> many who did are retreating?

Patrick's Centre for New Musical Instruments is an academic project, but
they're getting practical results. See

<http://www.lgu.ac.uk/mit/cnmi/intro.htm>

The prototypes exist *now*. I can't find the call for scores link, so
perhaps the deadline's passed. I can check that.

Graham

Graham,

{you wrote...}
>Patrick's Centre for New Musical Instruments is an academic project, but
>they're getting practical results. See
>
><http://www.lgu.ac.uk/mit/cnmi/intro.htm>
>
>The prototypes exist *now*. I can't find the call for scores link, so
>perhaps the deadline's passed. I can check that.

Right, I remember, I don't think Kraig was around at that time. So they have the competition for new music, and we'll see how that gets accepted, but don't you agree that the biggest part is to come: getting someone to make these in quantity for a public that... wants them desparately?

Cheers,
Jon