Bat Box 2

Bat Box II: This smaller, more portable version of B.B. I , also designed and made by Gordon was conceived of by Laurie as an instrument called the "Scratch Glove". A small microphone extension was worn on the wrist (not pictured) that enabled the user to gently rub their fingers together, producing a very vivid 'scratch' sound not unlike that of a needle scraping a record on a turntable. Depending upon the finger motion, syncopation and many nuanced scratch sounds could thereby be produced. We envisioned this device also having other sonic instrumental potential given the extensively varied nature of ultrasonic signals, few of which have ever been explored for this purpose.