Electroacoustic Monochord, Wood, electromechanical
parts, Dimensions: 43" X 27" X 22", each piece, (c) 1979 Stewart Dickson.
Stewart Dickson 110 N Whipple St Fort Bragg, CA 95437 (707)813-0385 Stewart.Dickson@mathart.orgContact: The Williams Gallery.
Electroacoustic Monochord, Wood, electromechanical
parts, Dimensions: 43" X 27" X 22", each piece, (c) 1979 Stewart Dickson.
The two ends support an acoustical string of length 100 feet or more. The fundamental vibration of the string is manifest as a rhythmic element in the performance. The playable range is a microtonal harmonic series.
This piece is the subject of United States Patent #4,248,120, Stringed Musical Instrument with Mechanical Feedback, February 3, 1981.
More information is available in excerpted text from Perspectives of New Music Vol. 20, Nos. 1 & 2, Fall-Winter 1981, Spring-Summer 1982.
Electroacoustic Monochord, Plexiglas,
electromechanical parts, Dimensions: 43" X 27" X 22", each piece, (c) 1985
Stewart Dickson.
This piece was installed at the State of Illinois at Chicago Center as part of New Music Chicago Spring Concert, '85.
Percussive Acoustical Conduit,
PVC piping, drum and mechanical parts, Dimensions: 46" X 60" X 50",
(c) 1986 Stewart Dickson.
The acoustic principles of the Electroacoustic Monochord are translated from a string to an air column.
Ringed Space,
Plywood, Dimensions: 8' X 48' X 50',
(c) 1987 Stewart Dickson.
A free-standing structure composed of six barriers which behave as tuned acoustical lenses. Reverberating sound is contained within an otherwise unenclosed space via the principles of Fresnel diffraction.
