Codex Harmonicus
Conservatory Archives
Isola Sonora
The Columbus Conservatory
Hidden beneath Bicentennial Park in Columbus, Ohio, accessed through an unassuming door in the Cultural Arts Center on Main Street. The Columbus branch of an international institution founded in 1623. The building beneath the park is considerably older than the park itself, and considerably larger than the footprint above it would suggest.
Harmony Hall
A converted Gothic Revival church in Columbus, Ohio. Used by Compressionists during the Eleven War as a reeducation center — a place where musicians were brought to have the connection between emotion and music broken. Burned during a rescue mission near the end of the war. The scar of what happened there remains in the ground.
The Codex Harmonicus is a living document. Entries will be added as the series progresses.
The Day the Whimsy Died (Book 1) · Joy to the Morgue (Book 2, forthcoming)
This digital archive is maintained by Tim A. Mills as a companion to the Virtuosi Chronicles. While the Conservatory's records blend the historical evolution of the Circle of Fifths and the works of 17th-century theorists with the arcane traditions of the Virtuosi, the ‘Vis Naturalis’ remains a property of the narrative.
© 2026 Tim A. Mills. All rights reserved. The Virtuosi Chronicles, the Vis Naturalis, and the traditions of Il Conservatorio degli Stregoni are original works of fiction.