I have a couple, they were very cheap 'toys'. The tube is cardboard, goodness knows where the makers got the long, light springs. The springs are held at each...
I have a spring drum - exactly the one on the remo URL you give, and I would have sworn that's what you were playing on the recording. So very similar sound...
I have made a couple of these. The first was a tincan with the spring just attatched by a screw into the bottom of it. I was a bit more ambitious with the...
Perhaps those springs come from the same supplier as ones for window blinds Reed mentioned. Years ago I found a bunch of similar coils springs at the local ...
Another miniature lamellaphone, this one made using a tiny globe of the world that was part of a pencil sharpener: http://tinyurl.com/25vxdj This shot is a bit...
Hi, Tomorrow night will be a good night of solid music, with David Boykin’s Microcosmic Sound Orchestra and The Rejuvenation Trio. The Rejuvenation Trio is...
hmmm... i'd be interested to see what's under the hood. probably a black blob, which is limited sure, but could still be a lot of fun. i imagine you'd at least...
... Thanks, but which one did you mean? Both photos are on the mirror. Ah well, I am basically never satisfied with the photos I make. ... thanks BobC ...
i like those, but i think these are cuter- http://www.find-me-a-gift.co.uk/finger-drums.html http://www.lazyboneuk.com/store/pro747.html paia have stopped...
... Sort of a world is your oyster thing. That would be nice, I have a larger globe that might work well for that, if I can find it in the boxes of stuff...
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Hello, My Name is Andrea, I play the tin whistle, and the Sax, I can't play them both at the same time. Yet.... I have been looking at long tin whistles and at...
If you are trying to make a Xaphoon. Here is where you can find the fingering chart it may help you to burn holes. Its the fith option down on the left. ...
I am not familiar with the term "trippers". I tried to look it up on the internet, but couldn't find anything with that definition. I make instruments that...
Interesting... so it's really a bamboo clarinet rather than a sax (i.e., no 2nd harmonic register - only the 3rd harm). ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com -...
I've messed around with making cones and needles of various materials... my guess is that it is simply stiff paper of decent weight-- it would hold enough of a...
you can play a record with just a playing card held in your hand, if i remember correctly from my (long ago) childhood. ... -- All My Books, Instrument and...
It's surprising how many materials will play a record. I like suspending a piece of styrofoam over records, with a needle jammed into it-- you get really odd...