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The Most Unusual Musical Instruments of the World
Posted on 04/19/2020 6:48:47 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
If you're bored, here's a video about 'the most unusual musical instruments in the world'.
I'm a fan of Ben Franklin's Glass Armonica, and of the Hang; but I had never seen most of the others. (I'd really like to know what that fourth instrument is, after the Kalimba - it looks home-grown; and would like to have seen a didgeridoo and a steel drum.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCYHMVlQezA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_harmonica#Franklin's_armonica
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ingenuity; music; weirdstuff
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To: Jamestown1630
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04/19/2020 6:55:05 PM PDT
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gibsonguy
To: Jamestown1630
I know Ive been playing the organ an awful lot since this lockdown.
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posted on
04/19/2020 6:55:22 PM PDT
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dp0622
(Radicals, racists dont point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
To: dp0622
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04/19/2020 6:57:41 PM PDT
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MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: MrEdd
Lol. Saw that article wish I could unsee it
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04/19/2020 6:58:34 PM PDT
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dp0622
(Radicals, racists dont point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
To: dp0622
I certainly hope that you’ve been playing it in ‘combo’. Gets pretty routine and boring, otherwise.
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04/19/2020 6:59:51 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: gibsonguy
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04/19/2020 7:00:03 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: gibsonguy
What’s he/she using for a slide?
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04/19/2020 7:00:19 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Jamestown1630
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04/19/2020 7:04:07 PM PDT
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Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
To: Publius
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04/19/2020 7:12:26 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: dp0622
One of those old pump organs? My grandma used to have one! LOL!
To: Jamestown1630
Looks like a piece of metal tubing. Some good bottle neck for sure. Love to know what tuning he’s using,
To: Jamestown1630
This tune features a
güiro, a percussion instrument made from gourds that sounds sort of like a musical washboard and comes from Central America. The song was a chart hit.
Underwater--The Frogmen (1961)
To: Jamestown1630
I had a cd of this music.
Ben thought outside the box LOL
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04/19/2020 7:18:56 PM PDT
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mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
PDQ Bach had many unusual instruments. I like the pastaphone... from two pieces of uncooked manicotti
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04/19/2020 7:20:30 PM PDT
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Tuxedo
(The world is a vampire...)
To: Tuxedo
Oh I saw PDQ conducted by David Ogden Stiers. A true laff riot!
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04/19/2020 7:25:55 PM PDT
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mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Jamestown1630
One of the things Moondog was known for was all the unique, custom musical instruments he built over his career.
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04/19/2020 7:28:19 PM PDT
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Kriggerel
("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
To: READINABLUESTATE
One of those old pump organs? My grandma used to have one! LOL!
Grampa?
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04/19/2020 7:28:47 PM PDT
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Old Yeller
(Under construction)
To: Jamestown1630
BlueMan.com
STOMPonline.com
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04/19/2020 7:30:04 PM PDT
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ctdonath2
(Interesting how those so interested in workERS are so disinterested in workING.)
To: ctdonath2
Button Banjo - cross between sitar and electric guitar with auto harp like pitch stops with saxophone like keys/buttons with microtone pitch wobbling. Sufi music. https://youtu.be/fcyjzha6Fbg
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