Amplified palette
Maker
Hal Rammel
Date2004
Place MadeCedarburg, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Serial No.None
SignedHandwritten on back: Hal Rammel, 2004MarkingsPlaque inlaid on front of palette: Hi Fidelity 500DescriptionRammel used purpose-made mallets and altered fans to create aleotoric music on his experimental instruments, specifically the amplified pallet.According to Rammel, "I began to make and refine these designs around 2003 (so perhaps 2003 to 2011 would be a good range for the ideas). They are all for use with the amplified palette. The manner of amplification of the palettes offers dramatic changes when different mallets are employed: crip or softer attack, less predictability, and so on."Wooden artist’s palette with overlaid pine veneer decorated with mirror shards and the abovementioned “Hi Fidelity 500” plaque.
Inlaid with 56 wooden rods and 54 steel rods and saw blades.Dimensions(In millimeters unless otherwise specified)
Palette: 456 x 342
Palette Thickness: 4
Pine Overlay Thickness: 3-8
Rod Height Shortest: 22
Rod Height Tallest: 134
Credit LineGift of Hal Rammel, 2013
Object number14769
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1950 ca.
