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Homebrew Musical Instruments?

Posted by Cliff on from the forming-a-real-garage-band dept.

Josh Booth asks: "Has anyone ever built a musical instrument? I recently built two, a SSPACaRTD (Single String Plucked Air Compression and Rarifaction Tunable Device), and a full size string bass for the NJ State Science Olympiad. I played the bass and, since we did the required duet, my friend played an End Struck Plosive Aerophone, or a set rather, like what the Blue Man Group plays. We placed fifth out of 20+ schools. My bass is similar to those that Dennis Havlena made and used weedwhacker line for strings. I was wondering whether anyone else tried to build an instrument. How did you do it, what did it sound like, and how weird was it?"

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  1. WAAAAAH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The submitter of this story is ON TEH SPOKE!!1!!!

    I wish I could find ways to show off like that.

    FUCK SLASHDOT. IN THE EAR. WITH A BADGER.