Bart Hopkin
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Bart Hopkin is a builder of experimental musical instruments and a writer
and publisher about the subject.
Hopkin published the magazine Experimental Musical Instruments for 15 years and published several books and CDs specialized in a specialisation of certain types of instruments, such as wind chime
s, plosive aerophones and marimba
s. For these publications Hopkin regularly asks experts on the subject to co-write the books, such as Carl Dean for the book about how to built and tune marimba
s.
Hopkin runs the website windworld.com, resources about unusual instruments.
Writer
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and publisher about the subject.
Hopkin published the magazine Experimental Musical Instruments for 15 years and published several books and CDs specialized in a specialisation of certain types of instruments, such as wind chime
Wind chime
Wind chimes are chimes constructed from suspended tubes, rods, bells or other objects and are often made of metal or wood. Wind chimes are usually hung outside of a building or residence, as a visual and aural garden ornament, and are to be played by the wind....
s, plosive aerophones and marimba
Marimba
The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...
s. For these publications Hopkin regularly asks experts on the subject to co-write the books, such as Carl Dean for the book about how to built and tune marimba
Marimba
The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...
s.
Hopkin runs the website windworld.com, resources about unusual instruments.
Publications
- Experimental Musical Instruments, magazine, 70 issues appeared as a printed publication inbetween 1985-1999, later on re-issued as well on CD-ROM
Books
- Musical Instrument Design, 1996, See Sharp Press
- Making Musical Instruments with Kids, See Sharp Press
- Slap Tubes and other plosive Aerophones, Bart Hopkin and Phil Dadson
- Getting a Bigger Sound - Bart Hopkin with Robert CainRobert CainRobert Cain was the founder of the firm Robert Cain and Sons, a brewer in Liverpool, England.-Birth and youth:He was born on Spike Island, County Cork, Ireland on April 29, 1826, the son of James Cain , a private soldier in the 88th Foot, a regiment of the British Army. There is some dispute over...
and Jason Lollar - Making Marimbas and Other Bar Percussion Instruments - Bart Hopkin and Carl Dean with Christopher Banta
- Wind ChimesWind Chimes"Wind Chimes" is a song composed by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks for the American rock band The Beach Boys. The original version of the song was written and recorded for the aborted 1966 album Smile. The band completely re-recorded the song for inclusion on their next album, Smiley Smile...
, Design and Construction - GravikordGravikordThe gravikord is an electric double bridge-harp invented by Robert Grawi in 1986.- Description :The gravikord is a new instrument developed on the basis of the West African kora. It is made of welded stainless steel tubing, with 24 nylon strings but no resonating gourd or skin. The bridge is made...
s, Whirlies and Pyrophones. Orange, Connecticut: Ellipsis Arts. #3530. - Funny Noises for the Connoisseur, Book and audio CD by Bart Hopkin with Ray Brunelle and Vincent Nicastro
- Air Columns and Tone Holes: Principles for Wind