I had the opportunity to tune for (and hear) George Crumb's 'Voice of the Whale' twice last year at two local colleges. One trio used a metal (unknown type) rod, one trio used a glass rod to rest on the strings. I felt more comfortable with the glass rod, though I suppose it could break. Ken Jankura ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Minor" <jminor@uiuc.edu> To: "CAUT" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 5:30 PM Subject: Cage Anyone? > Anyone have the pleasure of having the Cage piece, FIRST CONSTRUCTION (IN > METAL) done on one of their instruments? I'm not sure if I'm real > comfortable with this on our pianos? Any suggestions for what metal to use > to "slide" on the string. The performer would like to slide it under the > top of the overstrung section. Thanks for any help. > > > John Minor > University of Illinois > > >
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