Ellen Fullman started to develop the Long String Instrument in 1981.
An instrument with dozens of metallic strings with more then 15 meters.

Ellen plays with the fingers covered with rosin-coated producing a chorus of organ-like partials.

I had the privilege to participate in Ellen´s workshop at FIMP (Porto International Marionette Festival)

 

Beyond the magnificent experience i realized the connection between manipulating a marionette and a instrument like this.

 

Ellen must have full concentration to manipulate dozen of strings with great precision.

Her body needs to be in a perfect balance moving from one place to another producing the different tones.

 

 

In this picture it is possible to view the resonance wooden boxes and Konrad Sprenger with his guitar.

Konrad uses a guitar as an interaction interface for making music without playing it directly.

He uses solenoids in each string to produce sound in an electric guitar. With servo motors attached to the tuners of the guitar he can control and manipulate the tone of the strings. All the manipulation is made inside the computer in a MaxMSP patch.

VIDEO: Konrad guitar