waking up to music

What a strange occurrence! This morning I awoke to the sound of
construction (alas, not an unusual circumstance on my street)--the sound of
two unrecognizable motorized machines with large tubes extending down the
street and into a drainage-hole. The machines each sounded like a leaf
blower, but they togethe emitted a strong overtone blast, not unlike the
lowest bagpipe ever made. A low G featuring partials 1 and 3 (with a faint
5) resounded and the pitch imperceptibly crept upwards for about 5 minutes
to a C fundamental, and now it has gone back down to G, featuring partials
1:5:7, with 3 weakened. It is an odd delight, this gasoline-powered
hurdy-gurdy.

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Adam B. Silverman
153 Cold Spring Street; A3
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 782-1765

abs22@pantheon.yale.edu



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