@conference {421, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Old{\textquotedblright} is the new {\textquotedblleft}New{\textquotedblright}: a Fingerboard Case Study in Recrudescence as a NIME Development Strategy}, booktitle = {NIME}, year = {2013}, address = {Daejeon Korea}, abstract = {This paper addresses the problem that most electrophones and computer-based musical instruments are ephemera lasting long enough to signal academic and technical prowess. They rarely are used more than in a few musical performances. We offer a case study that suggests that longevity of use depends on stabilizing the interface and innovating the implementation to maintain the required stability of performance for players.}, keywords = {Best practices, controller, Critical Organology, Fingerboard, Recrudescence, Unobtainium}, author = {Freed, Adrian and Uitti, Frances-Marie and Mansfield, Sam and MacCallum, John} }