a few DIY musical instruments from Dennis Havlena

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dhavlena
June 02, 2007

Hi - Here's a short sampling of a few of the simple folk instruments whose construction is detailed on my webpage at http://DennisHavlena.com This video was made in my back yard, on the spur of ...

Hi - Here's a short sampling of a few of the simple folk instruments whose
construction is detailed on my webpage at http://DennisHavlena.com
This video was made in my back yard, on the spur of the moment and is not intended
to be fancy music -- just to show some of the instruments, which include -- in order:

- 3 string cookie-tin banjo with weed- whip line strings. Tune is "the Cuckoo".

- "Tambiro" made from a new (never-been-filled) 20 Lb. propane tank. Building this instrument gave me the idea for inventing my propane tank "hank drum" (a humble alternative to the hang drum)

- My "Fiddle-Gurdy" combination fiddle & Hurdy Gurdy. Much fun! I apologize for the squeak here and there -- I was impatient to get things on Youtube. Tune is an old French Canadian Voyageur's melody, "En Roullant Ma Boulle".
Inspiration from Yuichi Onoue's "Kaisatsuko".

- My 4-string, full sized wash-tub bass. Holds it's own nicely in a band situation.

- Simple Hardanger fiddle conversion. 4 strings playing & 4 strings sympathetic that run through a tunnel carved into the underside of the fingerboard. Tunes are "Road to Boston" (aka "Col. Greene's March") and "Over the Waterfall".

- Low D Tin-Whistle made from a shower-curtain rod for a few dollars. Tune is made up on the spot (& it sounds it!).

- Octave Mandolin (aka bozouki, cittern) converted from an old guitar. Tune is the
"Boys of Bluehill" hornpipe.

PS: I just put another short video on
YouTube of my PVC tubing instrument that
plays like a hang drum, at this web address:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dD4K...

PS: Also see my propane-tank hank drum at:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bpMS15kJyO...

My webpage describing building these instruments is at this URL:
http://DennisHavlena.com
Thanks!

GREAT NEWS: although a real, Swiss-made hang drum is extremely difficult to obtain these days, Pantheon Steel, a maker of beautiful steel drums ("steel pans") is just starting to sell their version of the Hang drum called the HALO hand-pan. See halo.pantheonsteel.com for details.
They have a demo video & the Halo sounds beautiful!

Later note: also see this youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnuotn...

Category: Music

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DIY make build instruments fiddle kaisatsuko bass hang drum tambiro banjo hardanger low bouzouki homemade gurdy hank

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TheGuitarbuddy (4 days ago) Show Hide

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Amazing!!Excellent!you are great!!

RichieBellafonte (5 days ago) Show Hide

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Your instruments are amazing!!!

Greetings from Spain!!!

Byron.

basinbayoubum (1 week ago) Show Hide

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what was that third instrument you played it was awesome i would love to have one of those e mail me or some thin please i neeeeed to no what it was its eating my brain haha

Underhill182 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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That guitar is amazing! What is it?

SeriosProductions (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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I love the hurdy-gurdy.

SeriosProductions (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Also the mando-fiddle

MinisterofScissors (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Well, sir! I am thoroughly impressed by that tank of noise that had propane in it once. The music you play is quite nice as well.

waltzingmatilda (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Thank you, sir. You've given me great hope for humanity after a crummy day at the polls.

dhavlena (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Boy you sure've got that right (the polls) Ugh!
Thanks for the comment!
Dennis

MrStb132 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Cool

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