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South African Instrument Builders and Sound Innovators
> AMI [African Musical Instruments- Grahamstown based builders of traditional African instruments]
> Gavin Coppenhall [ethnomusicologist, african instrument builder]
> Mervyn Davis [inventor of concept instrument, the smoothtalker]
> Garth Erasmus [artist, musician and builder of KhoiSan inspired instruments]
> Dean Henning (aka Captain Asthma) [audiomulch user and circuit bender]
> Murray Kuun [exploring instrument ergonomics]
> Rowan Smith [artist and theremin builder]
> Jacques van Zyl [single driver speaker design and experimental electronics]
see also: MuZetaPhi
International Instrument Builders and Sound Innovators
> Aeolian (Wind powered) instruments [Didier Ferment's inspiring wind activated harps)
> Audiomulch [Australian Ross Bencina's unique software instrument]
> Clatterbox [documents some of the best in Australian instrument innovation]
> Eigenlabs [British company, inventors of the Eigenharp, a midi controller inspired by the classical bassoon]
> Guthman Musical Instrument competition [ A major US based competition promoting musical instrument invention - check out the 2008 submissions]
> Geoff Smith's Fluid Piano [A piano which can be retuned whilst being played - addressing a need to play out side of standard tempered tuning systems]
> Odd Music [a great, and fun website dedicated to unusual and innovative musical instruments]
Links
> Research
- ILAM (International Library of African Music (and instrument collection) in Grahamstown, South Africa. ILAM produce a remarkable cd series based on Hugh Tracey's field recordings recorded from the early 1940's until the 1960's]
- ixi audio survey [ixi, builders of experimental software, in 2006 ran a extensive survey to explore "people's relationship with their acoustic and digitial instruments"]
> Open Design, Open Manufacture, Peer Collaboration
- Hardware Hacking Collective [This video documentary about a Canadian based collective describes the advantages of peer based collaborative invention of a range of technologies including sound]
- The Emergence of Open Design and Open Manufacturing [article from we_magazine - the role of peer collaboration in Open Design and Open Manufacturing]
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Episodes of Collective Invention [A paper by Peter B Mayer exploring the development of new technologies through open discussion e.g. the computer industry and the US steel industry]
> Historical Instrument Builders and Sound Innovators
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Audities Foundation [Canadian based historical collection of innovative instruments]
- Luigi Rusollo's Intonarumori [Italian futurist composer (1885 - 1947) who designed unique sound generators. Resembling hurdy gurdys, these crank driven instruments were recently recreated for a performance in the US]
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