This is a new version of the EVI
that Dave Foley of Minneapolis came up
with. He says about his modification:
 "I
was never very happy with the canister system that Nyle uses, so I rebuilt one
where the left hand has a set of valves like the right had. These valves follow
the same chromatic sequence that trumpet players are familiar with, but instead
of moving by half-steps, they move by half-octaves (c down to g down to c,
etc.). I use a fourth valve to shift the whole sequence down to the lower half
of the range, so the entire range is exactly that of the Steinerphone."
 "At
first the learning curve is a little longer, but it's well worth the extra
practice. I can go from one note to any other note in the entire eight octave
range without a pause or glitch. I've actually arranged some tunes where I can
pop down and play bass lines while playing a melody that is three or four octaves
higher with no hesitation. I've been playing this horn for about five years now
and it's proven to be a very good system."Here are some photos of Dave's
creations. The first is a modified "straight EVI" that resembles a
backwards EWI. The other is one he created for a client in the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra that wanted the instrument to be as "trumpety" as possible.
It even has a trumpet mouthpiece.
Here is the fingering chart that
Dave provides for the left hand of his "foleyphone" EVI:
o x o o = c (highest)
x o o o = g (a fourth lower)
x x o o = c (a fifth lower)
o x x o = g (a fourth lower)
x o x o = c (a fifth lower)
x x x o = g (a fourth lower)
o o o o = c (a fifth lower, middle of the range)
o o o x = g (a fourth lower)
o x o x = c (a fifth lower)
x o o x = g (a fourth lower)
x x o x = c (a fifth lower)
o x x x = g (a fourth lower)
x o x x = c (a fifth lower)
x x x x = g (lowest)
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