Hopkin Instrumentarium: Handsome Dan sample--990933775 Sforzando and Swell expressions in

Sforzando and Swell expressions in various styles

New Word Master System - an easy-to-use graphical interface that lets you choose from dozens of sustaining marcato words and staccato syllables on the fly

singing in both Slavonic & Latin for the men

striking and bowing these tines

with round-robin variations and multiple dynamics and voicings

Hopkin Instrumentarium: Handsome Dan sample--990933775 Sforzando and Swell expressions inClick Here for MP3 Demos [split] Handsome Dan is an experimental custom creation from the mind of master instrument inventor Bart Hopkin: A stringed Zither with a unique twist. The key is a clever system for picking up and isolating the harmonic resonances in unplayed strings. This flat wooden sound box has 14 strings, with a center bridge dividing them into two segments. A magnetic pickup is placed on one side, but the strings are played primarily on