Metal Spoons and Forks Chimes — full view of the invented percussion instrument by Alin Gherman
01 Full view
Metal Spoons and Forks Chimes — low register section, tuned metal spoons detail
02 Low register
Metal Spoons and Forks Chimes — close-up detail of tuned metal spoons and forks, Alin Gherman
03 Spoons detail
Custom Instruments — Percussion

Metal Spoons Chimes

a flexible and unique instrument.
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Specifications
Workshop
H.K.B. Workshop
Bern, Switzerland
July 2009
Composition
43 pieces
old & new spoons, forks
& coffee spoons
Registers
Low · Medium · High
Low (left) → High (right)
Platform
Wood painted in black
Sides painted in gold
Status
Unique instrument
About the instrument

Made by Alin Gherman at the H.K.B. workshop in Bern (Switzerland) in July 2009. This unique instrument is composed of 43 old and new spoons, forks and coffee spoons, spanning three registers — Low, Medium and High — arranged from left to right on a black wood platform with gold-painted sides.

Quality hand-made manufacturing: all knots secured with hot glue. The Metal Spoons Chimes were especially assembled in order to resonate very long.

The black plastic wires are long enough to allow the performer to easily isolate any non-desired spoons or forks on the wood platform — the performer may freely choose which sounds and pitches to let ring.

Photography

Instrument Gallery

43 spoons, forks & coffee spoons · H.K.B. Studio, Bern 2009

Metal Spoons and Forks Chimes — invented percussion instrument by composer Alin Gherman
Spoons, forks & coffee spoons — full view
Featured In
“Metal Spirits I”
“Ein Werktag” — original soundtrack
Special thanks to Urs Gehbauer and Letizia Lenherr from the H.K.B. Workshop in Bern, Switzerland, for their kind assistance.