Editing Harry Partch (section)

===Instruments===
{{Main|List of instruments by Harry Partch}}

Partch called himself "a philosophic music-man seduced into carpentry".{{sfn|Harrison|2000|p=136}}  The path towards Partch's use of various unique instruments was gradual.{{sfn|Gilmore|Johnston|2002|p=369}}  He began in the 1920s using traditional instruments, and wrote a string quartet in just intonation (now lost).{{sfnm|1a1=McGeary|1y=2000|1p=xviii|2a1=Gilmore|2a2=Johnston|2y=2002|2p=366}}  He had his first specialized instrument built for him in 1930—the Adapted Viola, a viola with a cello's neck fitted on it.{{sfn|McGeary|2000|p=xviii}}

Most of Partch's works exclusively used the instruments he had created. Some works made use of unaltered standard instruments such as clarinet or cello; ''Revelation in the Courtyard Park'' (1960) used an unaltered small wind band,{{sfn|Harrison|2000|p=136}} and ''Yankee Doodle Fantasy'' (1944) used unaltered oboe and flute.{{sfn|Gann|2006|p=191}}

In 1991, [[Dean Drummond]] became the custodian of the original Harry Partch instrument collection until his death in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/31/arts/some-offbeat-instruments-move-to-new-york.html|title=Some Offbeat Instruments Move to New York|first=Allan|last=Kozinn|newspaper=The New York Times |author-link=Allan Kozinn|date=July 31, 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/arts/music/dean-drummond-composer-and-musician-dies-at-64.html|title=Dean Drummond, Composer and Musician, Dies at 64|first=Allan|last=Kozinn|newspaper=The New York Times |author-link=Allan Kozinn|date=April 18, 2013}}</ref> In 1999 Drummond brought the instruments to [[Montclair State University]] in [[Montclair, New Jersey]], where they resided until November 2014, when they were moved to the [[University of Washington, Seattle]]. They are currently under the care of Charles Corey, Drummond's former PhD student.{{sfn|De Pue|2014}}

In 2012 a complete set of replicas was built by Thomas Meixner under commission by [[Ensemble Musikfabrik]] and used in performances of Partch's work including ''[[Delusion of the Fury]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Michael |title=Reviving a Harry Partch Work With Hubcaps and Wine Bottles |work=The New York Times |date=July 21, 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/arts/music/reviving-a-harry-partch-work-with-hubcaps-and-wine-bottles.html |access-date=May 27, 2023}}</ref>

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File:Harry Partch Institute-6.jpg|alt=A closeup of a keyboard, whose keys are colorfully painted and marked with numbers|Part of the keyboard of the Chromelodeon
File:Harry Partch Institute-8.jpg|Boo II on display at a Harry Partch Institute open house
File:Harry Partch Institute-3.jpg|[[Quadrangularis Reversum]]
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