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suggest everyday objects that someone could make a musical instrument out of.

― hristov (hristov), Saturday, 8 March 2003 22:24 (twenty-three years ago)

pretzel barrels

― Millar (Millar), Saturday, 8 March 2003 22:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Small children

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 8 March 2003 22:34 (twenty-three years ago)

"Skip [La plante] also performs with MHI [Music for Homemade Instruments] in his own loft for performances. Simons and other cohorts joined in on the six person ensemble, using cardboard mailing tubes, cans, jars and sandles. They've made a point of rarely buying instruments, instead using what's on the street [...]"

― cuspidorian, Sunday, 9 March 2003 04:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Nice homemade mallets here.

― cuspidorian, Sunday, 9 March 2003 04:59 (twenty-three years ago)

vegetables!!

the first viennese vegetable orchestra

― geeta (geeta), Sunday, 9 March 2003 05:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Shoebox, carpet, radiator.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 9 March 2003 10:10 (twenty-three years ago)

I turned a four legged wooden stool upside down and had some thick elastic/cotton material going between two of the legs. It was very quiet but if you pressed the bone near yr ear to the wood it sounded really deep. You could adjust the pitch and timbre a bit by making the elastic tighter/slacker in real time too.

― mei (mei), Sunday, 9 March 2003 10:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Electronic components.

Pots and pans.

The railings outside my flat, which always get clanged by people walking past.

When I was little, I loved to pretend my mum's egg-slicer was a harp or an autoharp. The wires were a bit too thin and tight to get different notes out of it, though.

― caitlin (caitlin), Sunday, 9 March 2003 10:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Backs of guitars make ace tom-toms... perfect for those midnight singalongs, where your too drink to play anymore.

― celeste (Celeste), Sunday, 9 March 2003 17:01 (twenty-three years ago)

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