“Matilda” the Electroacoustic Zither

Electric Earth Music

I spent the Summer of 2019 traveling around Europe in a Mercedes-Benz estate car we named “Matilda”.  At the end of the Summer, and after putting more than 13,000 km on the odometer, we sold the car, but kept the license plates as souvenirs.  Recently, I made one of the license tags into an electroacoustic zither, which joined the “Orchestra of the Unwanted,” my collection of musical instruments made from recycled materials and found objects.  Here’s a little demo:

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