Laetitia Sonami / Bert Bongers / STEIM
Laetitia Sonami lady’s glove V
Hand and arm gesture control of live electronic music
Price not verified
Michel Waisvisz / STEIM
Michel Waisvisz The Hands
HistoricalHand and arm gesture control of electronic music.
Price not verified
The Hands at STEIM, 2006. Photo: Luka Ivanovic (lukatoyboy), CC BY-SA 2.0. Re-encoded as WebP; full photographic frame retained. CC BY-SA 2.0
- Photograph records the physical instrument at STEIM in2006; it is not presented as the original1984 revision.
- Original creator archive currently unreachable; accessible researcher and collaborator documentation retained.
Key details
PRICES & AVAILABILITY
Prices & availability
No verified price in this audit.
Historical custom instrument developed and rebuilt over multiple decades. No public complete-device purchase price verified.
Historical custom instrument developed and rebuilt over multiple decades. No public complete-device 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 electronic music ↗
- Form factor
- Pair of hand-strapped sensor/key controller frames ↗
- First Public Use
- 1984 ↗
- Finger Input
- Small key arrays for fingered musical control ↗
- Pressure Input
- Thumb pressure sensors ↗
- Orientation
- Tilt sensing ↗
- Relative Position
- Distance sensing between the two hands ↗
- Connection & compatibility
- Sensor signals converted to MIDI musical control ↗
- Configuration
- Multiple historical hardware revisions grouped; no uniform revision specifications claimed ↗
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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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