A tensegrity harp was presented by SQUID Labs during the 2005 Extreme Textiles exhibit at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Its form is based on the simplex module with 3 stuts and 9 cables. For the harp, each cable was replaced by a spline of 12 cables resulting in a total of 108 cables as you can see on this image:
You can find more about the harp and SQUID Labs on : squid-labs.com.
The tensegrity harp can produce three types of sound based on the three different sets of ropes.
One set sounds like bells or wind chimes. The 2nd set sounds like a dulcimer or xylophone. The 3rd set has a variety of fun percussion sounds.
One set sounds like bells or wind chimes. The 2nd set sounds like a dulcimer or xylophone. The 3rd set has a variety of fun percussion sounds.
You can find more about the harp and SQUID Labs on : squid-labs.com.
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These ropes are acting as switches, not really "strings" as in a string instrument. The tension members of tensegrities lend itself naturally to plucking. I plucked the Needle Tower by Snelson in Washington DC. The result was mostly visual vibration, since (a) the vibration modes were below 50 cps and (b) there was no soundboard.
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