Instruments
In the period 2000-2005 Landman created 9 prototype instruments.
- The black 4-string movable 3rd bridge zither.
- The red capozither, shown on the cover of Vivre dans l’aisance.
- Robocop, a 6 string heavily adjusted guitar with 2 additional bridges and 3 outputs.
- The 12 string overtone zither, the first prototype of Aaron Hemphill’s Moodswinger.
- The blonde 3 string stereo-guitar, 1 bass string tuned B, and 2 thin B tuned guitar strings.
- The green 7 string trio-guitar, 1 bass string, DAD tuned guitar string and 3 G#-strings.
- The Electric Spring"
- The electric cymbalum, 72 strings, 12 pickups, one for each tone.
- The blue 4 string supertremolo-guitar, with no fretboard, but an adjustable pitch control for the left hand.
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