goose Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Stumbled across this video of "The Most Beautiful Instruments" (which really should be titled "most interesting"), and I thought it would make a good thread starter. The world is full of unusual, yet beautiful instruments, so why not take a look at some of them... The 10:18 mark was the most interesting to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJj3OdWH3U 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 (edited) A breakdown of some of the traditional instruments used... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMY-py8hb4 Edited December 4, 2017 by goose 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 The very first one, the Saregama -- anyone who is really good at texting with their thumbs should have that instrument mastered in about 20 minutes. :) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Looks amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Very cool ... goose, thanks for posting this !! That Wheelharp at 10:20 is quite a piece of machinery !! But my favorite to listen to was the one at 4:57 ... That is haunting and beautiful 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Stumbled across this video of "The Most Beautiful Instruments" (which really should be titled "most interesting"), and I thought it would make a good thread starter. The world is full of unusual, yet beautiful instruments, so why not take a look at some of them... The 10:18 mark was the most interesting to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJj3OdWH3U Cool! I'd never seen a Glass Harmonica (4:53) before! More interesting instruments: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 The very first one, the Saregama -- anyone who is really good at texting with their thumbs should have that instrument mastered in about 20 minutes. :)there's probably an app for that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 (edited) Stumbled across this video of "The Most Beautiful Instruments" (which really should be titled "most interesting"), and I thought it would make a good thread starter. The world is full of unusual, yet beautiful instruments, so why not take a look at some of them... The 10:18 mark was the most interesting to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJj3OdWH3Uat 6:26....hey some asian girl stole the top to my weber grill! either that or some chinese restaurant is missing a wok Edited December 4, 2017 by HemiBeers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 (edited) pat methany also had some custom instruments developed for him. this is his pikasso guitar. "Created by luthier Linda Manzer for guitarist Pat Metheny, the instrument took 2 years to build (approximately 1000 hours), and when the 42 strings are strung up to high tension, the Pikasso is under approximately 1000 lbs pressure. It weighs 6.7 kg or 14 3/4 lbs" On his orchestrian project, he had several instruments developed as part of his 'one man band' where all the other instruments are programmed and triggered. The most beautiful one was a 'bottle organ' which is simply bottles filled with water and an air chamber blowing over the top of the bottles to produce a note. here's a sample: another sample from the video the synth thing at about 2:00 is a trip. the bottle organ appears at about 3:20 Edited December 5, 2017 by HemiBeers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Very cool ... goose, thanks for posting this !! That Wheelharp at 10:20 is quite a piece of machinery !! But my favorite to listen to was the one at 4:57 ... That is haunting and beautiful Ingenious design. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) re: My original post... Just yesterday I saw a guy in Tempe AZ playing that inverted kettle drum thing that the young lady is playing. He had a custom upright bass that he was playing simultaneously. It was mesmerizing.... ETA: It's called a hangdrum... Edited December 5, 2017 by goose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 pat methany also had some custom instruments developed for him. this is his pikasso guitar. I'll see Pat's Pikasso and raise you a Medusa...described here by the designer/builder, Linda Manzer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 On his orchestrian project, he had several instruments developed as part of his 'one man band' where all the other instruments are programmed and triggered. The most beautiful one was a 'bottle organ' which is simply bottles filled with water and an air chamber blowing over the top of the bottles to produce a note. here's a sample: another sample from the video the synth thing at about 2:00 is a trip. the bottle organ appears at about 3:20Insane! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 The "Anarchestra", dedicated to inventive musical instruments... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 A great look at the wheelharp... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 A virtual music machine... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 The "eigenharp", which is claimed to be sensitive to one micron of influence... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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