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Sound icon
A sound icon is a grand piano standing on its side. It is primarily played by bowing the strings. It was the invention of Romanian-French composer Horațiu Rădulescu, who featured the instrument in several of his pieces.
==Background==
Horațiu Rădulescu first conceived of the sound icon in 1965. It consists of a lidless grand piano that has been placed on its side, so that it resembles a harp. Typically, nylon cords are rubbed with rosin and woven behind the piano strings. When the cord is bowed against the string, it creates a unique timbre which has been described as “sounds of an infinite resonance that have no equivalent among other instruments”.〔Mallet, Franck. “Pythagoras’ Dreamings.” Liner notes. ''Sensual Sky/Iubiri''. Ensemble Polychromie, 1994.〕
Rădulescu called his invention a sound icon, because he conceived it while living in Romania where “religion was only…possible through music”. To Rădulescu, the striking image of the grand piano on its side presented the instrument “in a new light; it now resembles a religious object – a Byzantine icon.”〔Rădulescu, Horațiu. ''Clepsydra and Astray''. Liner notes. Edition RZ, RZ 1007. 1990.〕 The name also has a punning connotation because its acronym is “si”, the French and Italian syllable for “B”.〔Gilmore, Bob. "'Wild Ocean': An Interview with Horatiu Radulescu". ''Contemporary Music Review'' 22, nos. 1–2 (March–June 2003. 105–22.〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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