Friday, March 23, 2012

The Auerglass

The Auerglass is a two person pump organ created by Tauba Auerbach and Cameron Mesirow. The instrument cannot be played alone. Each player has a keyboard with alternating notes of a four octave scale. Each player must pump to supply the wind to the other player's notes.

White pine, plum, maple, southern yellow pine, blood wood, white oak, walnut, acrylic, steel, copper, leather, felt L=15’-10 ½”; W= 2’-7 ½”; H= 9’-8”

Performance outfits created for Tauba Auerbach and Cameron Mesirow by Ida Falck Øien. The Auerglass was constructed by Parsons Pipe Organs in Canandegua, New York.