something a little different

[h***@ccanoemail.com]

A mad inventor tries his hand at his unique ? musical instrument :

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/fron2-invented-instrument-fron-reilly-video

Not too far from me - in Guelph Ontario.
If, for some strange reason, you're forced to pronounce "Guelph"
.. just think of the sound a dog makes when choking on a chicken bone.
John T.

[Thomas Prufer]

Post by h***@ccanoemail.com
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/fron2-invented-instrument-fron-reilly-video
Not too far from me - in Guelph Ontario.
If, for some strange reason, you're forced to pronounce "Guelph"
.. just think of the sound a dog makes when choking on a chicken bone.
John T.

Reminds me a bit of wind chimes: all right for a bit. But should the neighbors
put them up and then leave them permanently in the wind...


Thomas Prufer

[h***@ccanoemail.com]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:04:57 +0100, Thomas Prufer

Post by Thomas Prufer

Post by h***@ccanoemail.com
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/fron2-invented-instrument-fron-reilly-video
Not too far from me - in Guelph Ontario.
If, for some strange reason, you're forced to pronounce "Guelph"
.. just think of the sound a dog makes when choking on a chicken bone.
John T.

Reminds me a bit of wind chimes: all right for a bit. But should the neighbors
put them up and then leave them permanently in the wind...
Thomas Prufer

.. so you don't wish to order the 3 - CD box set .. ?
John T.

[Tease'n'Seize]

Post by h***@ccanoemail.com

Post by h***@ccanoemail.com
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/fron2-invented-instrument-fron-reilly-video

.. so you don't wish to order the 3 - CD box set .. ?

'twas interesting for a 90 second U-bend video, but can't see me
subscribing to the channel for more.

[Thomas Prufer]

Post by h***@ccanoemail.com
On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:04:57 +0100, Thomas Prufer

Post by Thomas Prufer

Post by h***@ccanoemail.com
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/fron2-invented-instrument-fron-reilly-video
Not too far from me - in Guelph Ontario.
If, for some strange reason, you're forced to pronounce "Guelph"
.. just think of the sound a dog makes when choking on a chicken bone.
John T.

Reminds me a bit of wind chimes: all right for a bit. But should the neighbors
put them up and then leave them permanently in the wind...
Thomas Prufer

.. so you don't wish to order the 3 - CD box set .. ?
John T.

It has since reminded me of an instrument I had seen: soundboard, circle of
dowels/rods, vertically arranged, so the rods form a cylinder. Half the circle
metal, other half wood. The lengths of the rods stepped, presumably tuned.
Played with a rosined bow around the outside of the cylinder...

At the time I presumed it was unique -- maybe the description will give it a
name, and turn up a picture. I failed on googling anything remotely like it.


Thomas Prufer

[Tease'n'Seize]

Post by Thomas Prufer
It has since reminded me of an instrument I had seen: soundboard, circle of
dowels/rods, vertically arranged, so the rods form a cylinder. Half the circle
metal, other half wood. The lengths of the rods stepped, presumably tuned.
Played with a rosined bow around the outside of the cylinder...
At the time I presumed it was unique -- maybe the description will give it a
name, and turn up a picture. I failed on googling anything remotely like it.

Has someone been cross breeding hurdy-gurdys with xylophones?

[Abandoned Trolley]

Post by Tease'n'Seize

Post by Thomas Prufer
It has since reminded me of an instrument I had seen: soundboard, circle of
dowels/rods, vertically arranged, so the rods form a cylinder. Half the circle
metal, other half wood. The lengths of the rods stepped, presumably tuned.
Played with a rosined bow around the outside of the cylinder...
At the time I presumed it was unique -- maybe the description will give it a
name, and turn up a picture. I failed on googling anything remotely like it.

Has someone been cross breeding hurdy-gurdys with xylophones?

Dunno ... but years ago, one of the blokes from 10cc (Lol Creme ?)
invented some kind of rotary bow thing which could be used to make
continuous tones on a guitar.

I dont know if it ever got in to production, but I think it may have
morphed in to something which could be attached to the bridge.

(there may be nothing new under the sun)

[Mike Fleming]

Dunno  ... but years ago, one of the blokes from 10cc (Lol Creme ?)
invented some kind of rotary bow thing which could be used to make
continuous tones on a guitar.
I dont know if it ever got in to production, but I think it may have
morphed in to something which could be attached to the bridge.
(there may be nothing new under the sun)

There's a device called an EBow which uses a pickup and driver coil to
vibrate a string. I have one which I never get round to using. I think
its most prominent use was by Big Country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow

[Thomas Prufer]

Post by Mike Fleming
There's a device called an EBow which uses a pickup and driver coil to
vibrate a string. I have one which I never get round to using. I think
its most prominent use was by Big Country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow

Niiiice. This is the realization of an idea a bunch of engineers had at lunch
and never built...

It was either talk of coriolis mass flow meters, or some sort of resonant
measurement. The idea flowing form that was to build a magnetic device that
would find and drive the/a resonance of a bit of metal, the equivalent of
hitting it with a hammer, only less and longer. Coil to drive, pickup coil, amp,
bit of filtering to get the fundamental, some sort of spacer to make everything
work. Stick it on a bar of steel and riiiing.

Thomas Prufer

[Abandoned Trolley]

Post by Thomas Prufer

Post by Mike Fleming
There's a device called an EBow which uses a pickup and driver coil to
vibrate a string. I have one which I never get round to using. I think
its most prominent use was by Big Country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow

Niiiice. This is the realization of an idea a bunch of engineers had at lunch
and never built...
It was either talk of coriolis mass flow meters, or some sort of resonant
measurement. The idea flowing form that was to build a magnetic device that
would find and drive the/a resonance of a bit of metal, the equivalent of
hitting it with a hammer, only less and longer. Coil to drive, pickup coil, amp,
bit of filtering to get the fundamental, some sort of spacer to make everything
work. Stick it on a bar of steel and riiiing.
Thomas Prufer

All interesting stuff, although my general view on "this sort of thing"
is that if Jeff Beck didnt have one then I probably dont need one.

However, the thing I was thinking about earlier was called "The Gizmo" -
gory details are at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gizmo

[Thomas Prufer]

Post by Abandoned Trolley

Post by Thomas Prufer

Post by Mike Fleming
There's a device called an EBow which uses a pickup and driver coil to
vibrate a string. I have one which I never get round to using. I think
its most prominent use was by Big Country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow

Niiiice. This is the realization of an idea a bunch of engineers had at lunch
and never built...
It was either talk of coriolis mass flow meters, or some sort of resonant
measurement. The idea flowing form that was to build a magnetic device that
would find and drive the/a resonance of a bit of metal, the equivalent of
hitting it with a hammer, only less and longer. Coil to drive, pickup coil, amp,
bit of filtering to get the fundamental, some sort of spacer to make everything
work. Stick it on a bar of steel and riiiing.
Thomas Prufer

All interesting stuff, although my general view on "this sort of thing"
is that if Jeff Beck didnt have one then I probably dont need one.
However, the thing I was thinking about earlier was called "The Gizmo" -
gory details are at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gizmo

Oh yeah -- these are toys & icing on the cake for those who have mastered
something.

Jeff Beck *did* use something like the "Talk Box"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_box

look & listen here:

(right from the start)


Some things similar, but completely different:
https://www.dictum.com/en/herdim-peg-shapers-jbh/herdim-multi-peg-shaper-violin-viola-730800
https://www.dictum.com/en/texture-tools-and-special-tools-bagbc/crown-chinese-ball-tool-set-701981

Thomas Prufer

[John Williamson]

Post by Abandoned Trolley
All interesting stuff, although my general view on "this sort of thing"
is that if Jeff Beck didnt have one then I probably dont need one.

If "this sort of thing" had been around when Jeff Beck was playing, he
would probably have had one and used it.

[Abandoned Trolley]

Post by John Williamson

Post by Abandoned Trolley
All interesting stuff, although my general view on "this sort of thing"
is that if Jeff Beck didnt have one then I probably dont need one.

If "this sort of thing" had been around when Jeff Beck was playing, he
would probably have had one and used it.

er ... it was around when he was playing

[John Williamson]

Post by Abandoned Trolley

Post by John Williamson

Post by Abandoned Trolley
All interesting stuff, although my general view on "this sort of thing"
is that if Jeff Beck didnt have one then I probably dont need one.

If "this sort of thing" had been around when Jeff Beck was playing, he
would probably have had one and used it.

er ... it was around when he was playing

I didn't realise he was round so recently. He also used guitar synths on
his last albums.

[Mike Fleming]

Post by John Williamson

Post by Abandoned Trolley

Post by John Williamson

Post by Abandoned Trolley
All interesting stuff, although my general view on "this sort of thing"
is that if Jeff Beck didnt have one then I probably dont need one.

If "this sort of thing" had been around when Jeff Beck was playing, he
would probably have had one and used it.

er ... it was around when he was playing

I didn't realise he was round so recently. He also used guitar synths on
his last albums.

The Gizmo was released to the public in 1975, the Ebow in 1976.

[Mike Fleming]

Post by Abandoned Trolley
However, the thing I was thinking about earlier was called "The Gizmo" -
gory details are at  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gizmo

I'd completely forgotten the name of it. The memories come trickling back...

[Richard Robinson]

Post by Tease'n'Seize

Post by Thomas Prufer
It has since reminded me of an instrument I had seen: soundboard, circle of
dowels/rods, vertically arranged, so the rods form a cylinder. Half the circle
metal, other half wood. The lengths of the rods stepped, presumably tuned.
Played with a rosined bow around the outside of the cylinder...
At the time I presumed it was unique -- maybe the description will give it a
name, and turn up a picture. I failed on googling anything remotely like it.

Has someone been cross breeding hurdy-gurdys with xylophones?

Save time, just hit the hurdy-gurdy with big xylophone hammers,
[ob. weasel smiley].