Talk:Music On A Long Thin Wire

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"However, Lucier admits a long thin wire is only used to impress, a short thin wire would have worked as well if not better, and he discovered that the best way to produce variation in the sonic phenomena was to pick a setting and leave the setup alone."

This summary of lucier's account of the development of the wire doesn't seem accurate. his story about it doesn't say that the length of it was just used to impress, he only says that a short wire would have been just as good to demonstrate the physical fact of how the system works, but not that it would have no impact on the piece other than make it look impressive. He goes on to state that the length of the wire in different installations of it changed the sound greatly and even says the longest installation of it sounded the best.