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Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: September 30th, 2013, 1:03 pm
by Mike Schwartz
Thought about this on the octet, nonet, tentet thread.
Over time an instrument was developed specifically for Art Farmer....a hybrid combo of sorts of trumpet & flugelhorn, the flumpet
Roland Kirk was King of the unusual.
Curious to see that we collectively come up with here.
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: September 30th, 2013, 1:16 pm
by moldyfigg
I dug Diz on the nose flute.
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: September 30th, 2013, 7:19 pm
by Mike Schwartz
Scott Dolan wrote:Or how about custom instruments?
That red w/gold inlay horn Miles played towards the end of his career was a fantastic piece of art, IMO.
I know he gave one to Wallace Roney, but there is also one in the St. Louis History Museum. I have to admit, it was kind of a thrill to see it in person. They display it as sent. Fingerprints and all.
Pretty cool.
Is this it?
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: September 30th, 2013, 7:23 pm
by Mike Schwartz
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: September 30th, 2013, 7:30 pm
by Mike Schwartz
Charles Lloyd (with Billy Higgins) playing taragato.
This may be from the performance they did at Yoshi's which I had the good fortune to attend. Have a copy of Higgins playing that drum in my home from the photographer.
the new Schagerl "James Morrison"
Posted: September 30th, 2013, 8:00 pm
by uli
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: September 30th, 2013, 10:27 pm
by Mike Schwartz
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 1st, 2013, 12:46 am
by Tom Storer
There was some kind of double saxophone invented a few years ago... Here it is, the aulochrome. Fabrizio Cassol of the Belgian band Aka Moon played a commissioned piece with, Lovano started playing it, and it was going to be a big revolution. Now, if you already know about it, you can hunt for it on YouTube, but it hasn't made much of a splash otherwise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWZ1ADDkobc
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 1st, 2013, 5:47 am
by steve(thelil)
My friends father, knowing I played music, would always ask me if I played the Swinette, which, he explained, was 3 pig's hairs pulled tightly over the pig's ass.
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 1st, 2013, 6:44 am
by bluenoter
steve(thelil) wrote:My friends father, knowing I played music, would always ask me if I played the Swinette, which, he explained, was 3 pig's hairs pulled tightly over the pig's ass.
My father, R.I.P., after any mention of someone playing an instrument, would say, "When I was a child, I played on the linoleum."
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 1st, 2013, 2:27 pm
by peterdubya
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 1st, 2013, 2:35 pm
by Jimmy Cantiello
Scott Dolan wrote:Or how about custom instruments?
That red w/gold inlay horn Miles played towards the end of his career was a fantastic piece of art, IMO.
I know he gave one to Wallace Roney, but there is also one in the St. Louis History Museum. I have to admit, it was kind of a thrill to see it in person. They display it as sent. Fingerprints and all.
Pretty cool.
Miles was playing that very horn when I saw him in New Haven a couple of years before he died. If I remember correctly he also played a blue horn which looked similar to the red one. He used a Harmon mute on both of them and they were miked.
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 1st, 2013, 3:08 pm
by Mike Schwartz
I've never seen or heard of that one....w-a-a-a-a-y cool!
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 1st, 2013, 4:20 pm
by Ron Thorne
Seeing and hearing is believing! Steve Turre is magical with these unique instruments.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsyN-6qzAVohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTXJHzL3s8
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 3rd, 2013, 12:42 pm
by uli
508 alphorns are interesting. that's the new world record!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynP5bsDOLlg
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 6th, 2013, 8:41 am
by uli
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 6th, 2013, 9:44 am
by Mike Schwartz
LOVED
the detailed explanation of the craft involved & technical information in the 2nd video Uli
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 12th, 2013, 4:54 pm
by Mike Schwartz
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 13th, 2013, 2:36 pm
by BFrank
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 13th, 2013, 3:55 pm
by Ron Thorne
Saxophonist Eddie Harris constantly pushed the limits, and was responsible for several innovations and inventions including the reed trumpet. He worked out a system of utilizing a saxophone mouthpiece in a trumpet. This was one of many such innovations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMmjh4qkEZY
Re: Original, Custom, or Interesting instruments
Posted: October 13th, 2013, 3:57 pm
by Mike Schwartz
Pat Metheny with his custom 42 string guitar
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