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100 1 a| Banek, Reinhold.=| ^A197476;

245 10 a| Sound designs :b| a handbook of musical instrument building /c| Reinhold Banek & Jon Scoville ; photographs by Elizabeth McBride-Smith ; illustrations by Dick Obenchain.;

300 a| 209 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Bibliography: pages 200-203.;

504 a| Discography: pages 203-205.;

505 0 a| Introduction. Basic woodworking ; Mallets, beaters, and bongers -- Wood. Slit drums ; Square boos ; Wood blocks ; Temple blocks ; Carved temple block ; Boo bats ; Amadindas ; Bull-roarer ; Reco-reco ; The slapstick ; Shekere ; An organ pipe ; Willow whistle ; Scales ; Resonators -- Wood & metal. Redwood marimba ; Tubelodious ; Thumb piano ; Marimbulas and rjons ; Monochords ; Aeolian harp-zither ; Copper maracas ; Thundersheets and wobble boards ; Welding and other heavy metal mysteries ; The universal stand -- Metal. Agogo bells ; Cowbells ; Bell circles ; Aluminum claves ; Finger cymbals ; The eternal triangle ; Gongs ; Oil drum gong ; Cup gongs ; Dimple gongs ; Long gongs ; Gong stand ; Artillery shell bells ; Bell tree ; Wheels of time ; Oxygen tank bells -- Skin. Tube drums ; Balimbafon ; Cuica -- Plastic. Bosalabos ; Stamping tubes ; Red devils ; Kydex drums ; Po pipes ; Funnelodeon ; Pan pipes -- Glass. Cloud chamber bowls ; Crystal marimba ; Ball jar drums and water drums ; Found sound ; Hand massage ; Foot note -- Appendix. A mercifully few words on acoustics ; Music glossary ; Chart of frequencies ; Woodworking glossary ; Decimal equivalents table ; Instruments rated by degree of difficulty ; Where to find unusual instruments.;

520 a| Ready to turn a home-grown gourd into a rattle? Mambo to the sound of Latin maracas you made yourself from toilet tank floats? If you dance to the beat of a different drum, this book will teach you how to build truly unique musical instruments, including oil drum gongs, thumb pianos, cowbells, tube drums, and willow whistles. Sources for these and many other designs are drawn from cultures worldwide--from the Stone Age to the Space Age. The necessary materials can be purchased easily, or simply found in nature or a junkyard. Composer and teacher Jon Scoville has performed the music of Brazil, Latin America, India, Appalachia, Detroit, and the Balkans. Reinhold Banek is a woodworker and pumpkin grower who will build almost anything for fun.;

650 0 a| Musical instrumentsx| Construction.=| ^A40277;

700 1 a| Scoville, Jon.=| ^A197477;

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Sound designs : a handbook of musical instrument building / Reinhold Banek & Jon Scoville ; photographs by Elizabeth McBride-Smith ; illustrations by Dick Obenchain.

Author/creator	Banek, Reinhold
Other author	Scoville, Jon.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Berkeley, CA : Ten Speed Press, ©1980.
Description	209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Musical instruments--Construction.

Contents	Introduction. Basic woodworking ; Mallets, beaters, and bongers -- Wood. Slit drums ; Square boos ; Wood blocks ; Temple blocks ; Carved temple block ; Boo bats ; Amadindas ; Bull-roarer ; Reco-reco ; The slapstick ; Shekere ; An organ pipe ; Willow whistle ; Scales ; Resonators -- Wood & metal. Redwood marimba ; Tubelodious ; Thumb piano ; Marimbulas and rjons ; Monochords ; Aeolian harp-zither ; Copper maracas ; Thundersheets and wobble boards ; Welding and other heavy metal mysteries ; The universal stand -- Metal. Agogo bells ; Cowbells ; Bell circles ; Aluminum claves ; Finger cymbals ; The eternal triangle ; Gongs ; Oil drum gong ; Cup gongs ; Dimple gongs ; Long gongs ; Gong stand ; Artillery shell bells ; Bell tree ; Wheels of time ; Oxygen tank bells -- Skin. Tube drums ; Balimbafon ; Cuica -- Plastic. Bosalabos ; Stamping tubes ; Red devils ; Kydex drums ; Po pipes ; Funnelodeon ; Pan pipes -- Glass. Cloud chamber bowls ; Crystal marimba ; Ball jar drums and water drums ; Found sound ; Hand massage ; Foot note -- Appendix. A mercifully few words on acoustics ; Music glossary ; Chart of frequencies ; Woodworking glossary ; Decimal equivalents table ; Instruments rated by degree of difficulty ; Where to find unusual instruments.
Abstract	Ready to turn a home-grown gourd into a rattle? Mambo to the sound of Latin maracas you made yourself from toilet tank floats? If you dance to the beat of a different drum, this book will teach you how to build truly unique musical instruments, including oil drum gongs, thumb pianos, cowbells, tube drums, and willow whistles. Sources for these and many other designs are drawn from cultures worldwide--from the Stone Age to the Space Age. The necessary materials can be purchased easily, or simply found in nature or a junkyard. Composer and teacher Jon Scoville has performed the music of Brazil, Latin America, India, Appalachia, Detroit, and the Balkans. Reinhold Banek is a woodworker and pumpkin grower who will build almost anything for fun.
Bibliography note	Bibliography: pages 200-203.
Bibliography note	Discography: pages 203-205.
LCCN	80065364
ISBN	0898150116 (pbk.) :

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