Long String Instrument

The Long String Instrument at the Raven Hill Discovery Center’s new Earth Tones Music Garden built by Tom Kaufmann. This instrument is based on one created and developed by Ellen Fullman. The seventy five foot wires are tied on one end to the harp from an old upright piano, and are played by rubbing them with rosined fingers. The sound is generated by longitudinal vibrations, rather than transverse, so tightening the wire does not alter the pitch. The pitch is determined by the length of the wire, whi