Metal Tubes Chimes — Alin Gherman

Specifications

Workshop

H.K.B. Workshop
Bern, Switzerland
May 2009

Components

12 tubes (solid & hollowed)
1 huge spoon

Registers

Mixed
Microtonal tuning

Platform

Natural wood
Extensible design

Resonance

Extremely long

Status

Unique instrument

About the instrument

Made by Alin Gherman at the H.K.B. workshop in Bern (Switzerland), May 2009. A unique instrument composed of 12 tubes (solid & hollowed) and 1 huge spoon, assembled on a platform of natural wood already prepared with holes for easy extension.

Quality hand-made manufacturing: all knots secured with hot glue, resonant tubes and spoon, aesthetically assembled. Tuning: microtonal and slightly polarized, not based on any classified chord.

These Metal Tubes chimes were especially assembled in order to resonate extremely long. The red-yellow plastic wires are long enough to allow the performer to easily isolate any non-desired tubes — the performer may choose which sounds and pitches to let ring freely.

The Metal Tubes Chimes were built as a continuation of the “Purple Ritual” chimes series, and were included in the instrumentation of the original soundtrack of “Ein Werktag”.

Photography

Instrument Gallery

12 tubes + 1 huge spoon · H.K.B. Studio, Bern 2009

Natural light — full view

Warm light — detail

Platform — natural wood

Wood frame — construction detail

Spoon & tubes — assembled

Resonator detail

Full instrument — H.K.B. Studio