%0 Conference Paper %B NIME %D 2013 %T “Old” is the new “New”: a Fingerboard Case Study in Recrudescence as a NIME Development Strategy %A Freed, Adrian %A Uitti, Frances-Marie %A Mansfield, Sam %A MacCallum, John %C Daejeon Korea %K Best practices %K controller %K Critical Organology %K Fingerboard %K Recrudescence %K Unobtainium %X 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.