Comments on: Article Published on eContact! 10.3 http://ericleonardson.org/whatsnew/2008/06/06/new-article-published-on-econtact-103/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:28:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Hanuman Zhang http://ericleonardson.org/whatsnew/2008/06/06/new-article-published-on-econtact-103/#comment-165 Hanuman Zhang Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:34:26 +0000 http://ericleonardson.org/whatsnew/2008/06/06/new-article-published-on-econtact-103/#comment-165 Partly inspired by your Springboard, Dave Knott's Stringboards, Ken Butler's Hybrid Strings, and my interest in Asian long-board zithers , I am in the process of making an electro-acoustic stringed/coil-springed bass/sub-bass instrument out of 2 skateboard decks, a double bass finger board, cello tailpiece and cello bridge, various found objects and common hardware parts like eyebolts and screws, etc. Since part of this instrument will have a brass turtle as one of the bridges, I am calling this a "Hermaion" - after the idea of Hermes creating the first lyre out of a turtle and "hermaion" connotates "gift-of-Hermes,""a lucky find," "a happy accident," etc.. Partly inspired by your Springboard, Dave Knott’s Stringboards, Ken Butler’s Hybrid Strings, and my interest in Asian long-board zithers , I am in the process of making an electro-acoustic stringed/coil-springed bass/sub-bass instrument out of 2 skateboard decks, a double bass finger board, cello tailpiece and cello bridge, various found objects and common hardware parts like eyebolts and screws, etc.

Since part of this instrument will have a brass turtle as one of the bridges, I am calling this a “Hermaion” - after the idea of Hermes creating the first lyre out of a turtle and “hermaion” connotates “gift-of-Hermes,”"a lucky find,” “a happy accident,” etc..

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