The ensemble Newband, led by its co-director, the composer Dean Drummond, has performed widely on the instruments and used them to teach about the music of other cultures.

The group is directed by Dean Drummond, a former Partch assistant who was able to borrow the rare and fragile instruments for these performances.

The group was founded in 1977 by musicians Stefani Starin and Dean Drummond.

Harry Partch and Dean Drummond.

Dean Drummond (January 22, 1949 - April 13, 2013) was an American composer, arranger, conductor and musician.

Dean Drummond, whose ensemble, Newband, has the care of the Partch instruments, was conducting a group of professional and student musicians.

But consider the zoomoozophone, invented in 1978 by Dean Drummond, a founder of New York's Newband.

Dean Drummond (second place, tie)

Dean Drummond, 64, American composer, musician (Newband) and instrument inventor, multiple myeloma.

Dean Drummond and his group Newband have taken on Partch's instruments, and perform his repertoire.