Re: Wim Hoogewerf's guitar

Darren: Wim performs on a Walter Vogt guitar which has moveable frets - one
fret per note, per string. (I, too, own such an instrument!) It was
originally designed to rectify errors in string bending in order to play
12/tone ET absolutely accurately, but of course Wim & I have taken advantage
to tune any darned way we please! Technically, there is a 'u'-shaped groove
that runs underneath each string for its entire length: into which are
pushed little 'fretlets', each of which represent one note for each string.
There are photographs of the isntrument & the fretlets in 1/1 under the
article entitled JUST GUITAR that I did a few years ago (can't remember the
volume # just now). Wim just played here at this year's MicroFest here in
Los Angeles (May 8/'99) many of the same pieces that were played in New
York.
My Vogt guitar is presently fretted for a new work by Ben Johnston in
13/limit JI ( up to 17 frets/string, gulpp!) but the instrument was used for
12/tone JI on all the cuts on the album Just West Coast (Bridge records)
with the exception of the Partch BARSTOW.
Hope this helps!

john schneider

>From: "Darren Burgess" <dburgess@acceleration.net>
>Reply-To: tuning@onelist.com
>To: <tuning@onelist.com>
>Subject: Re: [tuning] review of AFMM 1999 Microthon
>Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 08:12:58 -0400
>
>From: "Darren Burgess" <dburgess@acceleration.net>
>
>Does anyone have further information or contact information on this
>guitarist and his "movable fret" guitar?? Did anyone get a real close look
>at this instrument and if so, please take some time to describe it to the
>list.
>
>Darren Burgess
>South East Just Intonation Society
>
> >From: monz@juno.com
> >Wim Hoogewerf, a Dutch guitarist from Paris who performed
> >three different times during this concert alone, as well
> >'fluffed' a few notes. He performs on a guitar with grooves
> >under each string and moveable frets for each string.
>
>
>
>
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