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Cluster

Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Photos: Pierre-Luc Dufour
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André
Cluster, early experimental instrument by Thierry André

Cluster ///- (photos credit: Pierre-Luc Dufour)

Acoustic bowl-back Harp-guitar, with wistle peg, and blow horn
aperture - 2010 -Andre Instruments no.70

Dimensions: 112 x 39 x 31 cm
Scale length:650mm and 762 mm
Neck width @ nut 43mm
String spacing @ bridge 87 mm
Body length total: 37.3 cm

Materials:

Soundboard: Sitka spruce, with altitude Red spruce bracings
Back&sides: African calabash, monocoque, with Yellow birch laminated rim
Necks: Sugar maple with carbon fiber reinforcements
Fingerboards: Macassar ebony, with indian rosewood side markers inlay
Headstock: Indian rosewood, yellow birch, sugar maple, carbon fiber
Bridge: Sugar maple with tung oil finish
Tailpiece: West african ebony, indian rosewood, bleached cow bone, steel
Tuning machines: Gotoh (classical), Schaller(harp) and Ibanez (bass)
Nut: bleached cow bone
Whistle sound wooden peg: indian rosewood peg with rosin
Finish: Linseed oil, tung oil, and copal varnish
Pickup: K&K pure classic, K&K big twin
Strings: D'addario EJ48, Savarez 650R , all Silver, silk, and nylon

For composer Charles Quevillon, Montreal, Canada

 

Composer/instrumentist Charles Quevillon with Cluster
Cluster- extrait de -Grave-Charles Quevillon
00:00 / 02:32

See Multi 2 here, a recent Harp-guitar by Thierry.

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