Irregular Incurve
ABSTRACT
Irregular Incurve is a MIDI Controllable robotic string instrument composed of twelve independent single stringed units.
DESCRIPTION
Irregular Incurve has a similar construction structure as acoustic guitar. Instead of mounting strings on the neck, each string is mounted on an independent steel pipe. The steel pipes are fixed onto a curved shower rod by 3 pieces acrylic panels. Twelve controllable arms are mounted on the shower rod as well, which can pluck the strings by moving guitar picks. A homemade bridge transfers the vibration of the string to a spruce-wood sound box that sits under all the steel pipes. There are no nuts for different frets on each string. It only produces 12 simple tones. With the ability to change different strings and tuning manually, it can be used to perform different music.
INTERACTION
User can use it as a tool to performance in real time with MIDI input source or compose music for it. As a performance tool, user can simply click a key on a midi keyboard to trigger the instrument to play.
REFERENCE
‘Acoustic Curve’, Animusic
‘Guitarbots’, Lemurbots
EXHIBITIONS
ITP SPRING SHOW, 2009
ITP SUMMER GALLERY, 2009
SONY WONDER LAB IN NYC, 2009(coming July)
PUBLICAITONS
EXTERNAL LINKS
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