Michel Waisvisz / STEIM
Michel Waisvisz The Hands
Hand and arm gesture control of electronic music
Price not verified
Laetitia Sonami / Bert Bongers / STEIM
Laetitia Sonami lady’s glove V
HistoricalHand and arm gesture control of live electronic music.
Price not verified
Physical lady’s glove V. Creator Laetitia Sonami labels this image as her fifth instrument.
- Version-specific profile; earlier glove versions are not assigned the fifth version’s sensor additions.
- Artist retired the lady’s glove in2015; contemporary software compatibility not assumed.
Key details
- Designed for
- Hand and arm gesture control of live electronic music ↗
PRICES & AVAILABILITY
Prices & availability
No verified price in this audit.
One custom fifth-generation performance instrument, not retail hardware. No public purchase price verified.
One custom fifth-generation performance instrument, not retail hardware. No public purchase price verified.
Prices are snapshots, not a live stock feed. Taxes, shipping, prescription lenses and accessories can change the total.
Specifications
- Designed for
- Hand and arm gesture control of live electronic music ↗
- Form factor
- Custom sensor-covered arm-length performance glove ↗
- Generation
- Fifth instrument, built around2001; retired in2015 ↗
- Construction
- Thin black mesh lycra glove with sewn sensors ↗
- Finger Inputs
- Microswitches, Hall transducers, pressure pad and resistive strips ↗
- Distance Sensing
- Ultrasonic receivers ↗
- Orientation
- Mercury switch and accelerometer sensing ↗
- Version VAdditions
- Right-wrist accelerometers, light sensor, extra switches and LEDs; miniature microphone added later ↗
- Interface
- STEIM Sensorlab ↗
- Sound Mapping
- Max/MSP mappings change with each composition ↗
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Price details
≈ $3,018 USDECB 2026-10-12
Pair of Gloves, S/M/L; excludes separate left/right offers
Checked 2026-10-12. New improved design pre-order with manufacturer planned December2026 delivery. EUR2699 displayed in fetched currency configuration; duties/taxes may apply. Delivery not independently confirmed.
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