Philharmonic presents the oove, a strange, one-of-a-kind instrument

Get into the OOVE.That's exactly what the Las Vegas Philharmonic will do for the world premiere of composer Nathaniel Stookey's "Yield to Total Elation" Saturday at The Smith Center.During the premiere, the composer himself will play the OOVE, a one-of-a-kind electro-acoustic stringed instrument created by kinetic sculptor Oliver DiCicco.The OOVE's name was inspired, DiCicco says, by its resemblance to an upright Hoover vacuum cleaner.He likens its sound, "in pure drone form" to an Indian tambura.But "with the handheld pickup" Stookey will employ during Saturday's concert, DiCicco describes the OOVE's sound as "more like Jimi Hendrix."