Hopkin Instrumentarium: The U sample--1885718088 using a row of mechanical

using a row of mechanical levers to control the fingerboard

and multiple microphone options to give you fresh musical inspiration

along with large structures like mine shaft gates

it sets up a sympathetic vibration in the unplayed segment

Hopkin Instrumentarium: The U sample--1885718088 using a row of mechanicalClick Here for MP3 Demos [split] The U is a glissy steel lamellophone created by master instrument inventor Bart Hopkin. Rather than having one tine per note, this creation has 14 closely spaced tines per note. Each group of tines is tuned in octaves and fifths across a range of three or four octaves. The sound is produced by stroking with a glissing action across the array of tines for the chosen note, using a thin stick like plectrum. There are