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Instruments from trash

By Andrew Gregory. Posted

This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.

Instruments from trash

Admit it; is a lot of fun to make music. Even more fun, however, is to make your own musical instrument from trash, impressing your friends and complete strangers. A fair warning though, making your own musical instruments is highly addictive!

We got in touch with Loek Vellekoo To find out a bit more about these intruments. This is what he had to say

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I made this kalimba (a part of the lamellophone family), from some leaf-rake tines and hacksaw blades. Alternatively, I have used car dipsticks, road-sweeper bristles, bicycle spokes, windshield wipers, and sewer springs before. You can make anything create sound! An added bonus when you invent a new instrument: you are instantly the best-’name instrument here’-player in the world.

You can see more of his work at https://www.loekvellekoop.com/

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Features Editor Andrew trawls the internet for Cool Stuff while keeping the magazine running smoothly.

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