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SYRINX​-​CASSETTE ORB -et al

by Bradford Reed & Jarvis Earnshaw

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    SYRINX-CASSETTE vol.5
    Bradford Reed {Pencilina & Sythesizers} & Jarvis Earnshaw {Sitar, Tapeloops & Voice}
    Recorded Live at FtLb Studio Gowanus New York May 2021
    Neon Pink Cassette Case + Full Colour Artwork

    The Pencilina is a custom-made string instrument that Reed invented in the 1980s. The instrument is a double neck 3rd bridge guitar. It is similar in construction to two long connected thin zithers. Its two "necks" each have a bridge, tuning pegs, and a set of strings; six strings on one neck and four on the other. Both are open tuned. The treble tuning is adjustable via a multiple tuning bridge. Wedged over and under the strings is a wooden drum stick for the treble strings and a metal rod for the bass strings, which divide each string into two segments with different pitches. The divided strings can be then played separately, resulting in various harmonic overtones. There are four built-in pickups: two are contact mics mounted in the bridges at one end of each neck, and two are guitar-style electromagnetic pickups which are placed under the strings toward the opposite end. It's played by striking its strings with sticks and may also be plucked or bowed.

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Lush Gardens of the Unseen / O Do Borogodo Realis 25:14
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Allez Opi Omi / Detours Through the Underbrush 25:19
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SYRINX-CASSETTE vol.5
Bradford Reed {Pencilina & Synthesizers} & Jarvis Earnshaw {Sitar, Tapeloops & Voice}
Recorded Live at FtLb Studio Gowanus New York May 2021

The Pencilina is a custom-made string instrument that Reed invented in the 1980s. The instrument is a double neck 3rd bridge guitar. It is similar in construction to two long connected thin zithers. Its two "necks" each have a bridge, tuning pegs, and a set of strings; six strings on one neck and four on the other. Both are open tuned. The treble tuning is adjustable via a multiple tuning bridge. Wedged over and under the strings is a wooden drum stick for the treble strings and a metal rod for the bass strings, which divide each string into two segments with different pitches. The divided strings can be then played separately, resulting in various harmonic overtones. There are four built-in pickups: two are contact mics mounted in the bridges at one end of each neck, and two are guitar-style electromagnetic pickups which are placed under the strings toward the opposite end. It's played by striking its strings with sticks and may also be plucked or bowed.

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released July 30, 2021

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