Re: [MMM] Making cheap instruments

Keenan,

{you wrote...}
>I'm trying to think of things I can build on a college student's budget (i.e. less
>than like a hundred USD total) ... Anyone have other suggestions?

/junkmusic/

HTH,
Jon

At 09:10 PM 3/1/2006, you wrote:
>Computers and synthesizers are great, but every once in a while one
>feels the need to play on a real physical instrument. I'm trying to
>think of things I can build on a college student's budget (i.e. less
>than like a hundred USD total).
>
>So far I've got:
>
>Buy a lot of cheap plastic tubing and cut it to various lengths. Bang
>the tubes on stuff. Cap one end to make them an octave lower. Mount
>them on a frame and slap the tops with a flip-flop sandal to make a
>"slap organ". Make a mouthpiece out of wax or something and play one
>like a didgeridoo.
>
>Find some cheap guitar tuning mechanisms. Make a monochord or canon.
>For the soundbox, use a cardboard box or some old wooden furniture.
>
>Collect pieces of junk that make cool sounds when you hit them, and
>string them up by the nodes.
>
>Questions:
>
>What is the correct tool to shave off slivers from wooden objects to
>tune them? What about metal? Glass?
>
>Anyone have other suggestions?
>
>Keenan

I built an electric slide guitar for about $90, plus $30 worth
of strings...
http://www.corporeal.com/art_inst/showinst/inst95.html

-C.