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A light sensor plugged into a guitar amp turns a blinky toy into an optical drone.

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Just binking on some jars.

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I stuck a clarinet-style reed mouthpiece onto a whistle (day 1). It’s possible to get both the whistle and reed to sound at the same time, resulting in … funny noises. Having the reed on there also seems to make it easier to play the whistle’s overtones, maybe by restricting airflow.

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A 7-note USB MIDI controller made from one of Margaret Leng Tan’s Metro Grand Piano sculptures.

Come see the MetroGrands and much more this Thursday evening at Barbés in Brooklyn! Details: facebook.com/events/476812812423002/

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A tiny little electric organ (using JelTone technology) made from one of Margaret Leng Tan‘s MetroGrand Piano sculptures.

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Found a piece of square aluminum tubing lying around. It already had holes in it. It needed to be a whistle.

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Can a whistle be used in place of a trumpet mouthpiece? …no.

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It draws randomly from about 75,000 sound files tagged “pronunciation” on wikipedia. Try it yourself at pentametron.com/talkingdots/ (you’ll probably need a modern desktop web browser)

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Sequel to yesterday’s bowed bow.

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