Full Version: Odd Instruments
QUOTE(sonataform @ Feb 19 2007, 12:22 AM) 
QUOTE(bassmadmatt @ Feb 18 2007, 11:35 PM)
As this is the 'Odd Instruments' thread, I wonder if anyone knows the name of the strange electric/xylophone 'thingy' that Rofl Harris used...?
That would be the Stylophone. The keyboard was made up of metal pads and you pressed these with a sort of pen thing, thereby creating a sort of electronic quacking sound at the required pitch.
If they're about to make a revival, I'm outta here.
I belive they are widely available on ebay!! 
QUOTE(notmusimum @ Feb 20 2007, 11:02 PM)
I belive they are widely available on ebay!! "Guys, we may be in for a rough night."
QUOTE(sonataform @ Feb 21 2007, 01:41 AM)
"Guys, we may be in for a rough night."
Weather the storm people, weather the storm...
QUOTE(bassmadmatt @ Feb 21 2007, 10:25 AM)
QUOTE(sonataform @ Feb 21 2007, 01:41 AM)
"Guys, we may be in for a rough night."
Weather the storm people, weather the storm...
So have you found them yet???
Perhaps they are due a revival and are goin to be the next big thing after the Wii!!
I used to have a Stylophone - I think my mum still has it in a cupboard somewhere! It came with a set of records that you could play along to. I remember I was best at "Somewhere over the Rainbow", with the vibrato effect switched on....
Getting back to the point of the thread, the most exotic bit of percussion I play is the good old vibraslap. A bit mundane alongside radiators and cans of dog food, but I like it!
Getting back to the point of the thread, the most exotic bit of percussion I play is the good old vibraslap. A bit mundane alongside radiators and cans of dog food, but I like it!
QUOTE(folkie @ Mar 4 2007, 03:05 PM)
Getting back to the point of the thread, the most exotic bit of percussion I play is the good old vibraslap. A bit mundane alongside radiators and cans of dog food, but I like it!
Ah yes, the jawbone for vegetarians. Cunning invention, but you have to be careful about saying "I play the vibraslap" in the company of non-percussionists. They may not understand at first ...
QUOTE(sonataform @ Mar 4 2007, 04:09 PM)
QUOTE(folkie @ Mar 4 2007, 03:05 PM)
Getting back to the point of the thread, the most exotic bit of percussion I play is the good old vibraslap. A bit mundane alongside radiators and cans of dog food, but I like it!
Ah yes, the jawbone for vegetarians. Cunning invention, but you have to be careful about saying "I play the vibraslap" in the company of non-percussionists. They may not understand at first ...
Ah, but nobody understands percussionists - except other percussionists!
QUOTE(folkie @ Mar 4 2007, 09:26 PM)
Ah, but nobody understands percussionists - except other percussionists!
... and perhaps not always even then
QUOTE(folkie @ Mar 4 2007, 09:26 PM)
Ah, but nobody understands percussionists - except other percussionists!
That is incredibly true - my friend and I were told we were percussion snobs a while ago, as we were wincing about the sound of the triangle (it was being hit in the wrong place)!
I agree that the vibraslap is cool! Always fun to play! Can't forget the acme siren as well!
QUOTE(DrumKat @ Mar 4 2007, 11:45 PM)
That is incredibly true - my friend and I were told we were percussion snobs a while ago, as we were wincing about the sound of the triangle (it was being hit in the wrong place)!
- ah, I just hate it when that happens!
Even worse was when I stopped another band's rehearsal to rush in and retune the drummer's kit... It sounded SOOOO awful!!
QUOTE(Manek @ Mar 5 2007, 09:43 PM)
Even worse was when I stopped another band's rehearsal to rush in and retune the drummer's kit... It sounded SOOOO awful!!
Woo. You got it bad, man.
Respect
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