Making Light :: Oddmusic :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:19:18 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 Oddmusic Lo here, the Oddmusic gallery of "unique, unusual, ethnic, or experimental" musical instruments, with pictures and, in most cases, sound... Lo here, the Oddmusic gallery of "unique, unusual, ethnic, or experimental" musical instruments, with pictures and, in most cases, sound... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html Oddmusic -- comment #1 from Damien Warman comment from Damien Warman on 13.Mar.03 Wow. This is cool.

ObCello: must learn to play that some more. To get 5 octaves must require some funky harmonic action in what, 7th position? Ow. Surely I have some du Pre9 around here somewhere...

]]> <p>Posted March 13, 2003 12:14 AM by Damien Warman</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17035 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17035 Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:14:11 -0500 Oddmusic -- comment #2 from Mary Kay comment from Mary Kay on 13.Mar.03 The V&A has a spiffy collection of antique instruments as well, but of course you can't hear them.

MKK

]]> <p>Posted March 13, 2003 12:58 PM by Mary Kay</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17065 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17065 Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:58:47 -0500 Oddmusic -- comment #3 from CHip comment from CHip on 13.Mar.03 That's quite a collection. I suppose they left out the Hardart as being too much of a joke and
not enough of an instrument, but the multiple playing methods of the cymbalom come close.

I wonder how the Bazantar is tuned to get 5 melodic octaves; 5-string acoustic basses are almost required in symphony orchestras, but the strings only span a 12th (1.6 octaves), making their range more like 4 octaves. (The bazantar site has a lot of handwaving leaning towards woowoo, but I didn't see specifics.)

Must go home and listen to some of the sounds....

]]> <p>Posted March 13, 2003 2:49 PM by CHip</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17072 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17072 Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:49:38 -0500 Oddmusic -- comment #4 from Janice comment from Janice on 13.Mar.03 I especially liked the 'Zedrin Thumb Piano.

I have a secret weakness for kalimbas though.

I also liked the Singing Stones.

]]> <p>Posted March 13, 2003 4:03 PM by Janice</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17076 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17076 Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:03:18 -0500 Oddmusic -- comment #5 from cd comment from cd on 13.Mar.03 There's also, in a somewhat similar vein, the Museum of Soviet Synthesizers.

]]> <p>Posted March 13, 2003 4:10 PM by cd</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17082 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17082 Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:10:49 -0500 Oddmusic -- comment #6 from Rachael comment from Rachael on 14.Mar.03 How interesting! Thanks for all of the tips Theresa, I do almost no surfing of my own so it is always a mind expanding treat to follow your links. The music teachers are going to love this!

]]> <p>Posted March 14, 2003 4:59 PM by Rachael</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17168 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17168 Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:59:34 -0500 Oddmusic -- comment #7 from John Pascuzzi comment from John Pascuzzi on 19.Mar.03 Hi guys, glad you like the site!

-- jp

]]> <p>Posted March 19, 2003 6:19 PM by John Pascuzzi</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17461 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002429.html#17461 Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:19:18 -0500