Re: SHOW ME YOUR HOMEMADE INSTRUMENTS

Robert S. Hilton designs, creates and performs on his own musical instruments. As these instruments and his performances are works of art in themselves, featuring transformed objects, he was asked to perform at the Opening Reception for Alchemy & Transformation, an exhibition featuring works by Angela de Mott, James Goodwin & Sushiela at the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts.
An interview with Robert S. Hilton can be found at:
www.noisytoys.com/interviews/interview10.html
The Alchemy & Transformation exhibition can be found at:
www.beatricewood.com/demott-goodwin/index.html
To learn more about the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts and its programs, please visit:
www.beatricewood.com

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Music

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• MADE
• CONTEST
• GAME
• MUSICAL
• MUSIC
• CUSTOM
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• RESPONSE

[PRSGuitarist1]

Simply awesome. I've made cheap little makeshift instruments but nothing like that!!

[RobertSHilton]

@PRSGuitarist1 Hi,

Sometimes you get the best music from simple instruments. In You Tube search  "Robert S. Hilton" and look for the video of me and my friend Yusef playing some simple instruments that I made.

Enjoy!!

[diddymuck]

creative details please!

[RobertSHilton]

1st instrument: Two Fuji film canisters, & local tree branches, 20 strings, 2 groups of 8 open strings each tuned to an harmonic minor scale in the fifth mode. 4 slide strings in the center tuned to an open minor chord 1,3,5,1.

2nd instrument: Stereo instrument, a paint can and a pineapple juice can, and local tree branches, 18 strings, 1 group of 4 bass strings tuned D,F#,A,D. 1 group of 6 slide strings in the center D,Eb,G,A,Bb,D. 1 group of 8 open strings tuned D,Eb,F#,G,A,Bb,C#,D.

[skruvmaejsel]

Can you tell me what materials you used for the "single can indistriala can" and what made it sound so harch and buzzy? (:

[RobertSHilton]

The can is a five gallon can. The flexible stick is a piece of heavy split bamboo. It is connected to the side of the can with wire looped around it and twisted inside the can. The wire is music wire .035". I added bottle caps to the vibrating surface to give it the buzz. There are six caps connected loosely in three pairs through the top near where the string connects, one inside and one outside in each set. The whole instrument is held together with twisted wire except for the pickup and jack.

[tragictravistie]

its amazing that hes in tune without having any markers on the instrument.

[500019579]

sounds like smoking every drug out there.

[brkrules22]

@PRSGuitarist1 i need an idea for a school project so can you PLEASE tell me how to make it???

[ThisAlbion]

headache



[MoaiMaea]

At the same time, yeah.

[hookuspookus529]

give me my hubcaps back

[LockeXIII]

Amazing. I really liked the second instrument. It was like a combination between a steel guitar and a Chinese guqin.

[ludachris7999]

amazing

[CHRISTIANPADILLA100]

wat is it?

[Praseodym666]

one word ... awesome ! I want more !!!