In 2012, the entire collection of microtonal instruments was built for Ensemble Musikfabrik - resonating sound-sculptures of idiosyncratic beauty and remarkable stage presence. This is the only large-scale project of its kind in the world, in which more than 50 instruments – string, percussive, bell and keyboard instruments as well as smaller hand-held instruments, some of which sculptural in quality – were built.
Since then it's been one of the duties of Ensemble Musikfabrik to offer the fascinating and exotic Harry Partch Œuvre to a wide audience, in the form that the composer intended, namely, a LIVE event.
For this to be permanently possible, the instruments require an intensive maintenance. By donating money you can help to support repair works on Partch's instruments and to bring his music to a wider audience. Any amount helps!