Comments on: A Laser Harpist Wears No Periwigs [video] http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/ Exploring the hi-tech artificial, virtual things we design Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:54:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Synthex http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-80263 Synthex Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:10:23 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-80263 Here the link to the Patent of Bernard SZAJNER http://fr.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=FR&NR=2502823A1&KC=A1&FT=D&date=19821001&DB=fr.espacenet.com&locale=fr_FR Szajner has a Patent, it means that the Office Patent of Paris, never found a evidence of another inventor of the same/similar instrument before him. Otherwise the invention was not accepted. Here the link to the Patent of Bernard SZAJNER

http://fr.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=FR&NR=2502823A1&KC=A1&FT=D&date=19821001&DB=fr.espacenet.com&locale=fr_FR

Szajner has a Patent, it means that the Office Patent of Paris, never found a evidence of another inventor of the same/similar instrument before him.
Otherwise the invention was not accepted.

]]> By: Simon (Alexander) Drake http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-67679 Simon (Alexander) Drake Tue, 03 May 2011 18:58:06 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-67679 I have just come across this site. My born name is Simon Alexander and my stage name is Simon Drake. I work as a professional illusionist and consultant and built The House of Magic, the UK's only permanently themed public magic venue. In the mid 1970ies I was sharing a flat with Geoffrey Rose in West London and he built and named the very first laser harp. It was an octagonal frame utilising half mirrored discs and sensors. I can verify that Jon Anderson (musician) played on it and several other artists including Richard Sharah (make up artist and painter) and Brian Chatton (musician) also witnessed this invention at that time. Many years later JM Jarre used one in his shows. I have just come across this site. My born name is Simon Alexander and my stage name is Simon Drake. I work as a professional illusionist and consultant and built The House of Magic, the UK’s only permanently themed public magic venue. In the mid 1970ies I was sharing a flat with Geoffrey Rose in West London and he built and named the very first laser harp. It was an octagonal frame utilising half mirrored discs and sensors. I can verify that Jon Anderson (musician) played on it and several other artists including Richard Sharah (make up artist and painter) and Brian Chatton (musician) also witnessed this invention at that time. Many years later JM Jarre used one in his shows.

]]> By: Glenn J. Hill http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-62050 Glenn J. Hill Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:28:34 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-62050 Hi All! I just had a custom harp with 8 green lasers installed in the National Science Center of Malaysia, in their new Children's Museum. It is a stand alone installation, with the harp shaped laser harp, mounted onto a cabinet that houses the electronics and sound system. On my Youtube site, cusotmlaserharps, you can see some videos of it being played with fog, so the green lasers jump out in view really well I am getting closer to building a prototype 'infinite beam' harp, using low powered green laser, latter in the summer. I have some other projects in the works as well. Last fall I completed a harp with both strings and lasers. It is a custom carved and sculpted 33 string, acoustic-electric-midi harp, with 6 green lasers. Two of the lasers shoot up the sound board to sensors hidden under carved leaves. The other 4 lasers act as the bottom 4 bass 'strings'. Good to see the info about who was the first builder. I wonder if anyone has collected all the laser harp patents that have been awarded ? I was just looking at the 'Beamz' info, and they claim to have 5 patents on it, with more pending ?? Does anyone know how they could do this, when the Laser harp was patented already in the past ?? :-) Hi All!

I just had a custom harp with 8 green lasers installed in the National Science Center of Malaysia, in their new Children’s Museum. It is a stand alone installation, with the harp shaped laser harp, mounted onto a cabinet that houses the electronics and sound system. On my Youtube site, cusotmlaserharps, you can see some videos of it being played with fog, so the green lasers jump out in view really well

I am getting closer to building a prototype ‘infinite beam’ harp, using low powered green laser, latter in the summer. I have some other projects in the works as well.

Last fall I completed a harp with both strings and lasers. It is a custom carved and sculpted 33 string, acoustic-electric-midi harp, with 6 green lasers. Two of the lasers shoot up the sound board to sensors hidden under carved leaves. The other 4 lasers act as the bottom 4 bass ’strings’.

Good to see the info about who was the first builder.

I wonder if anyone has collected all the laser harp patents that have been awarded ? I was just looking at the ‘Beamz’ info, and they claim to have 5 patents on it, with more pending ?? Does anyone know how they could do this, when the Laser harp was patented already in the past ?? :-)

]]> By: Geoffrey Rose http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-58767 Geoffrey Rose Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:56:15 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-58767 Geoffrey Rose IS the inventor of the laser harp (and coined the name )in 1975. He also took out a provisional patent with the British Patent Office at this time.....there ar at leastfour very creditable witnesses of the timing of this event... Thank you Hrafn... Geoffrey Rose IS the inventor of the laser harp (and coined the name )in 1975.
He also took out a provisional patent with the British Patent Office at this time…..there ar at leastfour very creditable witnesses of the timing of this event…
Thank you Hrafn…

]]> By: Manuel Schulz http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-46042 Manuel Schulz Sun, 09 May 2010 14:23:42 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-46042 Hi there, just to correct this: Geoffrey Rose is not the inventor of the laser harp. The laser harp was invented by Bernard Szajner. See my laser harp pages for more details. Regards, Manuel Hi there,

just to correct this: Geoffrey Rose is not the inventor of the laser harp. The laser harp was invented by Bernard Szajner. See my laser harp pages for more details.

Regards,

Manuel

]]> By: Hrafn Thorisson http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-37795 Hrafn Thorisson Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:11:38 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-37795 Thank you for setting that straight Mr. Rose, and for your visit. I understand the frustration of not getting credit when it's due. The post has been updated with a reference to your comment at the top. Thank you for setting that straight Mr. Rose, and for your visit. I understand the frustration of not getting credit when it’s due. The post has been updated with a reference to your comment at the top.

]]> By: geoffrey rose http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-37789 geoffrey rose Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:01:57 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-37789 I think the record needs to be set straight about the origin of the laser harp. The original laser harp was made by Geoffrey Rose in 1975, and he coined the name laser harp at that time.This can be verified by Simon Alexander, leading British illusionist, and Jon Anderson of Yes. Jon Anderson played my harp several times in 1975. I showed a pic to Bernard Szajner at that time.....Laser Spectacles have an image of my harp on their website...although they accidently claim the invention as theirs. I think the record needs to be set straight about the origin of the laser harp.
The original laser harp was made by Geoffrey Rose in 1975, and he coined the name laser harp at that time.This can be verified by Simon Alexander, leading British illusionist, and Jon Anderson of Yes. Jon Anderson played my harp several times in 1975.
I showed a pic to Bernard Szajner at that time…..Laser Spectacles have an image of my harp on their website…although they accidently claim the invention as theirs.

]]> By: Hrafn Thorisson http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-30994 Hrafn Thorisson Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:07:26 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-30994 Hi Glenn—thanks! Your harps look great, hope you're catching attention. The music you wrote for the children's hospital sounds good; for some reason it reminds me of the film A Series of Unfortunate Events (a good fit at the hospital, I'm sure). How's the development of the low powered harp going; are you far from having a working product? Let me know when you have a demo. Hi Glenn—thanks!
Your harps look great, hope you’re catching attention. The music you wrote for the children’s hospital sounds good; for some reason it reminds me of the film A Series of Unfortunate Events (a good fit at the hospital, I’m sure).

How’s the development of the low powered harp going; are you far from having a working product? Let me know when you have a demo.

]]> By: Glenn Hill http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-30874 Glenn Hill Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:25:56 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-30874 A very fun post, with a great picture of a Louis the XVI Laser Harp! Perhaps if Marie Antoinette had played one of these, then she would not have lost her head.:-) Stephen Hobley has a cool new version of his laser harp that is using a Wii set up to detect his hand moves. Inspired by Stephen, I am working on trying out using low powered green lasers, in a 'frame less' laser harp, reflecting back at an array of sensors mounted on a harp body. This approach will be much safer,( won`t put out your eyes), with the 5 mw lasers I use. The analog response ability ( change of intensity of laser light reflected to the sensors changing the volume and or pitch of the resulting signal), of the OptiMusic software I use, combined with an array of mutible sensors, should produce some intresting effects! ;-) Up to now I have just built framed laser harps with fixed location sensors. One important elements of both kinds of laser harps, is to use filters over the sensors to just admit laser light. Now a Really cool thing would be to have a laser harp to control Holograms, as projections on the type of screen you describe in the story here (<a href="http://www.thinkartificial.org/technology/our-conference-host-is-a-hologram/" title="Man hosts conference as a hologram projection" rel="nofollow">Hologram Hosts Conference</a>) ! A very fun post, with a great picture of a Louis the XVI Laser Harp!
Perhaps if Marie Antoinette had played one of these, then she would not have lost her head.:-)

Stephen Hobley has a cool new version of his laser harp that is using a Wii set up to detect his hand moves.

Inspired by Stephen, I am working on trying out using low powered green lasers, in a ‘frame less’ laser harp, reflecting back at an array of sensors mounted on a harp body. This approach will be much safer,( won`t put out your eyes), with the 5 mw lasers I use. The analog response ability ( change of intensity of laser light reflected to the sensors changing the volume and or pitch of the resulting signal), of the OptiMusic software I use, combined with an array of mutible sensors, should produce some intresting effects! ;-)

Up to now I have just built framed laser harps with fixed location sensors. One important elements of both kinds of laser harps, is to use filters over the sensors to just admit laser light.

Now a Really cool thing would be to have a laser harp to control Holograms, as projections on the type of screen you describe in the story here (Hologram Hosts Conference) !

]]> By: Clarkey http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-8231 Clarkey Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:39:05 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/a-laser-harpist-wears-no-periwigs-video/#comment-8231 I haven't seen one of these for a while now. It's one of those must haves I couldn't justify spending money on. I remember seeing Jean Michel Jarre using a laser harp and I was pretty blown away at the time. It's quite funny how something over 20 years old still seems so 'futuristic' The electronic instrument manufacturer Roland incorporate the concept in some of their instruments, which allows you to control various filters/effects in real time by raising or lowering your hand over the sensor. I haven't bought one of those either - it's harp or nothing! Thanks for the reminder. I haven’t seen one of these for a while now. It’s one of those must haves I couldn’t justify spending money on.

I remember seeing Jean Michel Jarre using a laser harp and I was pretty blown away at the time. It’s quite funny how something over 20 years old still seems so ‘futuristic’

The electronic instrument manufacturer Roland incorporate the concept in some of their instruments, which allows you to control various filters/effects in real time by raising or lowering your hand over the sensor. I haven’t bought one of those either – it’s harp or nothing!

Thanks for the reminder.

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