This week's weird object is home made. Number One Son (only son, actually) made this object, with some help from a guy with the necessary tools to scoop holes out of wood and perform other tasks.
Anyhow, this musical instrument is called the "guano". No, it is not bat dung. It is a hybrid guitar/piano, sort of; hence "guano". While one hand works the fretboard just like on any guitar, the other one, instead of strumming or picking, flips the little popsicle sticks down so they hammer the appropriate string or strings, much like the hammering action on piano strings.
I am not sure that anyone, including the inventor, has mastered this thing, but it got an A as a high school project where the assignment was to make a musical instrument.
There is at least one more home made instrument around here that may be dragged out as a future weird object.
(Sorry - had to post a bit early this week...)
4 comments:
A creative masterpiece!
I'll tell him you said so (if he doesn't read it himself).
My son would love that. I'll have to show that to him.
I remember seeing the "guano" up close and personal a few years ago. He seemed to have mastered it pretty well then.
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