Most Amusing "Prepared Instrument"

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Are its 13 1/2 nylon strings all tuned to nonsensical pitches?
Is it powered by a crank handle?
Is played with a cello bow and a plastic mallet?
Is cooled with copper pipes filled with lime jello?
Well, then...tell us about it.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 20:41 (twenty-three years ago)

The electric rake

― girl scout heroin (iamamonkey), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 22:52 (twenty-three years ago)

and that record player with two tone arms one on each side.( Non/Boyd Rice? cant remember)

― girl scout heroin (iamamonkey), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 22:54 (twenty-three years ago)

wasn't there an early Anthony Braxton piece that was scored for (among other instruments) an 'amplified', or 'electrified', shovel ...?
mmm, 'm pretty sure the piece was Braxton's, however have no idea whether the shovel was or wasn't supposed to be 'prepared' in any specific manner

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 20 March 2003 00:05 (twenty-three years ago)

I went to a concert last week end where a small green plastic watering can was played alongside a collection a elaborate and beautiful-looking Greek and Middle Eastern instruments.

― Amarga (Amarga), Thursday, 20 March 2003 01:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Wingophone!

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 20 March 2003 01:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Some random instro surf band in the mid-90s (might have been the Boss Martians, I forget) had an old Fender Deluxe Reverb amplifier bolted onto some old truck springs which were in turn bolted onto a large metal plate. Nothing was plugged into the amp, but it mic'ed up and turned on.

Once the band started playing, it all made sense. The amp was there only so the guitarist could kick the side of it to get a wonderfully excessive "reverb-spring crash" sound.

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Thursday, 20 March 2003 02:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Helium voices!

(Someone must have captured this on a recording?)

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 20 March 2003 06:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Helium voices!
(Someone must have captured this on a recording?)

Ween's The Pod to this statement! PWOAR!!!

(NOn-drunken translation = Ween has done this.)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 20 March 2003 06:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Han Bennink's brooms.

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Thursday, 20 March 2003 09:12 (twenty-three years ago)

i heard the guy from speculum fight did a whole show with just contact-mic'ed styrofoam.

i think the two-armed (or multi-armed) turntable thing has been done by a few people, latest being thomas brinkmann.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 20 March 2003 09:32 (twenty-three years ago)

sonic boom to thread

(speak and spell daisy link data rape miasma)

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 March 2003 21:41 (twenty-three years ago)

eleven years pass...

This prepared guitar blog is amazing and beautiful:

http://preparedguitar.blogspot.fr/2014/10/prepared-guitar-photo-archive.html

― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 13 October 2014 08:58 (eleven years ago)

look at this wonderful thing:

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― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 13 October 2014 09:00 (eleven years ago)

boo!

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― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 13 October 2014 09:01 (eleven years ago)

grrr! anyhow, have a look at that blog okay

― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 13 October 2014 09:02 (eleven years ago)

PDQ Bach to thread

― andrew m., Monday, 13 October 2014 16:03 (eleven years ago)

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