| Project by JonJ | posted 111 days ago | 340 views | 0 times favorited | 9 comments | ![]() |
This is more of a prototype than anything, made from 2×4’s and plywood. This is another attempt to produce sound by mechanically bowing something (in this case tuned brass rods) and selecting notes with a keyboard. This instrument only has 24 notes, the reason so few is, it produces vibrations using the length of the brass rods. More notes would have quickly made this thing 20 ft or more long to get low notes. I may someday build something that uses rods mounted in the rafters of a building, but for now this “scratched my itch” to build something that sounds a bit like bowed glass. This photo was taken at a folk music festival my hometown is trying to get rolling. This was it’s second year, and I had my wheelharp (see my other projects for it) and a few other things on display. It went pretty well, and I hope to build something new to put on display every year and help breathe a little life back into our old town.
I was going to paint this instrument to hide the pine, but just couldn’t bring myself to do it…
I’ll try and figure out how to post a recording of it soon- I think it sounds pretty neat, but most people tend to lean a little more towards “creepy” when they descibe what it sounds like.
-- Jon
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9 comments so far
thetimberkid
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posted 111 days ago
Cool!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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brianinpa
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Those legs look great. I’m glad you didn’t paint it.
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Karson
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posted 111 days ago
John another unique instrument.
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 111 days ago
Hi Jon;
Very Creative!
Lee
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griff
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posted 111 days ago
Very nice, I like the legs Very good build
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posted 110 days ago
very nice.good job
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Thor
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I’ll look forward to hearing the sound.
It sure is a pretty instument. I’m also impressed with the materials used. Very clever.
Christina
jm82435
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posted 110 days ago
Looks great, can we hear it maybe an MP3 or video?
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JonJ
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posted 110 days ago
Looks great, can we hear it maybe an MP3 or video?
That will be my next project- figuring out how to post a sound/video sample.
Now, If I could only remember my photobucket password…
-- Jon