Musical Prototypes 4

Musical Prototypes 4

Early stages of musical devices.
Contest ended 5 years ago 7/23/2006 12:00:00 AM EDT

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Please view the hi-res version here.

 
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it didn't play very well but it sucked up the water pretty good.

as the french say: full view c'est bon

 
15

Zamfir sold millions of records by being a master of the pan flute, but what if he had been stuck with the original prototype, the flute pan?

pan
flute part
flute part

 
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By GreenGo (Score: 5.892)
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• PASSING OVER IN SILENCE •
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[full view is a little bit louder]

 
9

I call it "Thumper". For when I really need to lay down a beat!

:p

 
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Understandably, many musicians were frustrated by the limitations of the early piano. Full for detail

 
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Martioli's Telephonium was the first phone to include ringtone support. It never passed beyond the prototype stage as users found its choice of three Bavarian marches enormously annoying.

Sources: "Fairground organ" by Terry Whalebone; "old telephone in the pioneer house" by Christophe....

 
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The very first headphones. View full if possible.

 
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Not an easy combination to play!

 
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By EyEars (Score: 5.319)
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Experiments with the making of
ocarinasincluded adapted puffer fish. The sound was a low pitch of whurping Splat.
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