Word: emiriton
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Fingerboards and Filters. The emiriton. which produces tones much like those of the violin, cello, bassoon, clarinet and oboe, has several advantages over previous electro-musical instruments (such as the theremin). Because it is played by running one finger up and down a free fingerboard, tones are produced strictly by finesse of touch, not by mechanical means. Because it is a single-voiced instrument that does not play chords, each instrument in the ensemble is a personality, like each instrument in a string quartet, and lends itself to a great variety of color and volume...
...layman's language, this is roughly how the emiriton works...
Players and Program. The emiriton is merely an instrument. At last week's premiere, none of the performers was yet a Heifetz or a Kreisler. Co-inventor* Alexander Antipovitch Ivanov was best. Others included a tall man who never seemed to move or be moved, two girls of about 17 who swayed ecstatically with their work and two nervous young men who looked as if they ought to stop fooling around with emiritons and get out and play football...
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