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Tom Nunn: Burning Palms
by AAJ Staff
Bay Area musician and inventor Tom Nunn has devoted much of his career to creating novel instruments in order to explore new sonic palettes. Nunn created the first T-Rodimba in 1987. Since then, he's modified this instrument to feature octatonic tuning, consisting of alternating major and minor 2nd intervals. With three sets of octatonic rods, Nunn can cover a range of an octave and a half; additional features of this instrument allow for percussive sounds and various other textures.
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