Several known artists, such as David Holmes, Wu Fei, Dustin Wong, Jad Fair, Thread Pulls, These Are Powers, The Go! Team, The Luyas, Micachu, A Place To Bury Strangers, Killed By 9V Batteries attended one of the workshops and have copies of the instrument.
Stein subsequently retired the SS Cardiacs name, and went on to join Miracle Fortress and to form a new band, The Luyas.
Singer/guitarist Jessie Stein expands the band’s musical vocabulary when she plays the Moodswinger, a 12-string electric zither designed by the Dutch experimental luthier Yuri Landman.
In early 2005, Small played briefly together with Jessie Stein and Owen Pallett in SS Cardiacs, a predeccessing band of The Luyas.