The Eigenharp, SLABS and LinnStrument: Hands-on with three new musical instruments for the post-mechanical age.
There is a new crop of musical instruments that forgo the old world of wood, strings, brass, reeds and horsehair in favor of new high-tech sensors, sensors that promise to capture the subtleties of human performance gestures as well as or better than traditional instruments. Among these instruments is a very creative design from the UK called the Eigenharp: