By tyler on Aug 15, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Bowed Instruments, Experimental, Homemade/DIY, Inventions, Metal, Nature, Noisemakers, Oddstruments, Percussion Instruments, Performances, Strange Combinations, Stringed Instruments, Wood | 3 Comments
Ken Butler’s “hybrid instruments” - Axe, crossbow, and assault rifle violins? Shovel tablas, easel guitars, umbrella igils, and toothbrush violas? Oh my! Watch Ken put a mic in his mouth and play his entire face!
Instrument ridiculousness!
By tyler on Jul 9, 2008 in Stringed Instruments, Traditional, Wood | 1 Comment
The hurdy gurdy, also known as the “wheel fiddle,” is similar to the nyckelharpa in that it’s notes are summoned using a keyboard which controls tangents (wood wedges) that depress the strings at defined intervals. What is most interesting about this violin-type instrument is that the strings are vibrated by a resin wheel mechanism [...]
By tyler on Jun 9, 2008 in Health, Stringed Instruments, Wood | 0 Comments
This particular harp is owned by Avi, a master flute maker and musician.
“Harps of Lorien is a co-operative business with a mission to provide quality hand-crafted instruments for healing. These instruments are blessed and prayed over in the making, sanding, and finishing. It is in this phase that the beauty and grain of the wood [...]
By tyler on May 20, 2008 in Bowed Instruments, Recordings, Strange Combinations, Stringed Instruments, Wood | 1 Comment
The musician in the video is John Pascuzzi- the man behind a single thread.
The primary sound of “a single thread” comes from an instrument called an igil (ee-GIL), a 2-stringed Tuvan musical instrument, usually made from a solid piece of pine or larch, and played with a bow. The top of the sound box is [...]
