Using playdoh to tune the little plastic tubes that dog poop bags are wrapped around, making a terrible panflute.
instrument-a-day 15: poop bag playdoh pan flute
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instrument-a-day 6: the big m
the big M: marbles in a candy tin
instrument-a-day 5: bottle bass
I saw this video about turning plastic drink bottles into string, so I made some bottle string and stretched it on a 2×4 to make a sort of bass guitar. The string snapped a few times, but it sort of works!
instrument-a-day 4: thermometer drum
It’s a tin can with a rubber membrane on top. When I stick it in cold or hot water, the air pressure changes, changing the tension of the membrane.
I’m strumming the drum with day 1’s toy: moonmilk.com/2016/02/01/instrument-a-day-1-joe-strummer/
instrument-a-day 2: dysonharp
A block of accordion reeds from a long-ago impulse purchase on ebay, and a vacuum cleaner.
instrument-a-day 1: joe strummer
Instrument-a-day is back! This is my ninth year of making a new musical instrument (loosely defined) every day in February.
An easy one for day one: I tied a piece of fishing line to a battery-powered cappuccino frother to make a strumming machine.
instrument-a-day 25: wooden synth, special wfmu edition
You may be able to own this machine if you give money to WFMU during their fundraising marathon next month!
instrument-a-day 24: vegan egg bass
Alida made an egg carton bass and I wanted to steal the idea but I didn’t have any eggs, so I used a box of tofu.
instrument-a-day 23: tiny fizz
baking soda and vinegar on a contact microphone