Stone Chimes — Alin Gherman

Specifications

Workshop

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

Set A — 33 stones

Registers: Low, Medium, High
(higher pitch than Set B)

Set B — 45 stones

Registers: Low, Medium, High

Platform

Matted black painted wood

Acquired by

Centre International de Percussion (CIP)
Geneva, Switzerland

Commissioned for

Geneva International Music Competition
“Purple Ritual”

About the instrument

Set A and Set B were made by Alin Gherman at the H.K.B. workshop in Bern (Switzerland), May–June 2009, especially for Purple Ritual — a multi-percussion piece commissioned by the Geneva International Music Competition.

Set A is composed of 33 stones collected from the river Aare in Bern, Switzerland. Set B consists of 45 stones, also collected from the Aare. All stones were selected for their natural resonant qualities and assembled to resonate as long as possible.

Quality hand-made manufacturing: all knots secured with hot glue, resonant stones aesthetically assembled. The stone colours may change depending on the lighting conditions.

Both sets are included in the instrumentation of Purple Ritual and Metal Spirits I & II, as well as in the original soundtrack of Ein Werktag.

Photography

Set A

33 stones — River Aare, Bern

Set A — back, High, Medium

Set A — front, Low

Set A — left side, High, Medium & Low

Photography

Set B

45 stones — River Aare, Bern

Set B — stones before assembly

Set B — top, manufacturing details

Set B — front, Low

Set B — front right, Low

Set B — back right, High

Featured In

“Purple Ritual” — multi-percussion, Geneva International Music Competition

“Metal Spirits I & II”

“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. Both sets.