[ale] Sanitizing dead hard drive
Geoffrey
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Sat Aug 18 08:46:27 EDT 2007
aaron wrote:
> Dead drive disks make GREAT rhythm / percussion
> instruments -- their high grade aluminum produces a
> crisp, high pitched, ringing mini-gong / finger cymbal
> sound. Put your thumb through the platter hole, tap the
> platter with a hard striker, roll your fingers and hear the
> pitch shift in a pleasant "wah" sound as you mute it.
I bet a few strung together would make a nice wind chime. I might have
to try that one out.
> One of the favorites among my many "found sound"
> instruments.
You gotta love the occasional unexpected musical instrument. In my
daughter's marching band they use an old automobile wheel drum for a
percussion instrument. ;)
--
Until later, Geoffrey
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