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Type:
New Feature
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Priority:
Normal
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Affects Version/s: None
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Component/s: Electric instrument, String instrument
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The Sharpsichord is a massive, solar-powered pin-barrel harp. It is primarily classified as a string instrument (or chordophone) and an electroacoustic instrument, because its sound is generated by strings vibrating and acoustically amplified by large metal horns.
A massive, solar-powered, pin-barrel harp invented by English sound sculptor Henry Dagg. it operates much like a giant music box, it features a heavy rotating stainless-steel cylinder with 11,520 holes. Users insert pegs into the cylinder, which pluck the instrument's 46 strings as it turns.
(Personal Note: This instrument was used for Bjork's "Sacrifice", from the album Biophillia. I was editing the relationships for the album and noticed that the Sharpsichord didn't exist)