Mike Evans’ Spiral Instrument

Mike Evans is an incredible sculptor in Santa Fe and this is one of his more abstract works. It is made of stainless steel tubing which, if purchased today, would cost $1500-$2000 instead of the $150 Mike spent ten years ago.

Although not obviously musical, this sculpture does have some fun musical instrument capabilities. The design allows for a succession of high to low to high notes based on the lengths of the tangents being vibrated. Mike was surprised when I explained to him that what he created was not a sculpture, but in fact a musical instrument that is missing it’s mallets.