Harmony and Acoustic Research Project or HARP is a weather-proof communal musical instrument specially designed for urban parks. Primary goal of this project was to harness the power of music as a universal language which is the most effective way to unite people. This circular innovative musical instrument has a 10 feet circle which encourages the act of interaction and creates a sense of closeness. Installation of this instrument was divided into 4 different quadrants, each with individual sound instruments, electric organ, piano, steel drum and chimes were the initial selection.
However, these sounds are exchangeable and can be adjusted to a range of instruments like digeridoos, sitars or even vocal samples. To coincide with the park’s environment, HARP’s sound output is restricted to 75 decibels, so that only the users and those passing nearby would be able to hear its music. The ultimate vision of HARP is to get it installed in every urban parks all over the world and then be remotely connected through satellite to allow international musical association among its users.
Designer : Dan LaBarca and Jeff Watson
Bring this to ALL major parks IE NYC CentralPark, Near Music schools, Near colleges,
Malls, Museums, Mobile for Rental use,
Schools, Get non musical types Interactive with musical types & make New Music.
How radical.
Produce this.
Expand this.
Have Musical Dbase to draw from.
Ideal for schoolplaygrounds alone K-12?
High school, Middle school, Jr College.
Adult Ed schools.
For all ages.
nice so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello Good People at TUVIE : Greetings from CANADA ! : I am writing to request contact information for the HARMONY AND ACOUSTIC RESEARCH PROJECT as displayed on your website. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks . AL DIFFER
@Al : Hi Al, try contacting Dan LaBarca for the update.
So, how does this exactly work? I don’t see any keys to press or strings to strum.