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  • Glass and Stones

    Is there a discount VIP price for the Pro Edition owners who wish to order the Glass and Stones release? I assume there should be because the Lithophone is already in the Pro Edition, or at least some articulations.

  • Hello jrm 1,

    I'm sorry there will be no upgrade price for the Glass&Stones.
    The lithophones in the Pro Edition and Glass&Stones are completely different instruments:

    The Pro Edition contains the regular instrument which was introduced to the orchestra byCarl Orff - 15 small round stone slabs chromatically arranged on rubber pegs.

    The lithophone recorded for Glass&Stones is a new development, modelled after the marimba: it consists of huge sound bars of serpentine (the smallest one is 17cm long, the largest 84cm!) which are equipped with resonating tubes. This lithophone has a range of nearly 5 octaves.

    best,
    sabine

  • I've never even heard of this instrument. That is a very interesting addition... not to mention the glass harmonica. Someone should do that piece Mozart wrote for it as a demo - or have they already?

  • We're trying to track it down. He actually wrote several pieces for it as did Gluck.

    Peter Alexander
    peter@truespec.com
    www.truespec.com

  • Sabine - thank you for your detailed explanation. I'll order Glass and Stones right away.