Experimental Musical Instruments

Experimental Musical Instruments was a periodical edited and published by Bart Hopkin,^[1] an instrument builder and writer about 20th century experimental music design and custom made instrument construction. Though no longer in print, back issues are still available. The material and approach of EMI can now be found electronically on their site hosted by Bart Hopkin. This site is, together with www.oddmusic.com, the main source on the internet for experimental musical instrumentalism.^[2]^{[better source needed]}

Although only old editions of the magazine are still available and no newer editions appear, the name is still in use as the publisher for many of the books written by Bart Hopkin and co-writers.

Publications

Experimental Musical Instruments, magazine, 70 issues appeared as a printed publication between 1985 and 1999,^[3] later on re-issued as well on CD-ROM. It was first headquartered in Nicasio, California, and then in Point Reyes Station, California.^[3]

Books

Slap Tubes and other plosive Aerophones - Bart Hopkin and Phil Dadson, Experimental Musical Instruments
Getting a Bigger Sound - Bart Hopkin with Robert Cain and Jason Lollar
Making Marimbas and Other Bar Percussion Instruments - Bart Hopkin and Carl Dean with Christopher Banta
Wind Chimes, Design and Construction, Experimental Musical Instruments
Funny Noises for the Connoisseur, Book and audio CD - Bart Hopkin with Ray Brunelle and Vincent Nicastro
Air Columns and Tone Holes: Principles for Wind, Experimental Musical Instruments
Nice Noise - Bart Hopkin and Yuri Landman, 72 pgs, Full Color, 2012, Experimental Musical Instruments, ISBN 978 0972 731 36 2

CDs

INSTUMENTARIUM HOPKINIS, Bart Hopkin Plays Invented Instruments, 2002
21 WAYS OF LOOKING AT THINGS, Sound Instruments Designed by Bart Hopkin, 2007

References

^ Haluska, J. (2003). The Mathematical Theory of Tone Systems. Taylor & Francis. p. 9. ISBN 9780824747145. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
^ https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=nl-nl&q=experimental+musical+instrument&btnG=Zoeken&lr=
^ ^a ^b "Profile. Experimental Musical Instruments". Discogs. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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