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Aug 2

What the heck is a Sixxen part 3

After a combined 20 hours (over the course of 2 days) of measuring, sawing, drilling, and dodging tiny bits of flying aluminum shrapnel, Peter has completed the first of our 6 sets of Sixxen, one of the instruments called for in Third Coast’s upcoming performances of Philippe Manoury’s masterpiece “Le Livre des Claviers”.

The instrument sounds amazing. Now that we have one complete all that’s left to do is rinse and repeat…