Indeed,
we have some web page to introduce you to this instruments.At first you should see the stickwire web page.
http://clever.net/stick/stickwire
If you want to read Japanese, you should check Ubu's homepage.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~bq5n-ubkt.htm
Ubu is a keyboardist, Stickist, synthesizer voicer and composer in Japan. Ubu does not mean 'shy'..Just a kidding.
In the picture to the right, this is a headpiece of my Stick(teak, 1995, 10-stringed,standard tuning).
My Stick sounds very calm. I like it very much.
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