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Re: OT Children's toy instruments for looping

really cool sound Rick. Wow 96 khz and 4608 kbps, 24 secs and 13.7 megs. 
What on earth did you record it with?

Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Walker" <looppool@cruzio.com>
To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:00 AM
Subject: OT Children's toy instruments for looping


> After I took Ryusei and Hideki back to the San Francisco airport
> to send them back to Japan <wipes tear away>  I decided to treat
> myself to a completely and utterly sleep deprived and festival 
>overwhelmed
> day in the city since I was so close.
>
> I love going to Haight Ashbury to shop so I went there and found a great
> instrument
> at a toy store there called a Water Trumpet.     It's shaped like a
> trumpet but it has
> five clear plastic water pipes (with side markings for tuning with the
> level of water you put into it).
>
> You blow through it but it won't sound until you open the trumpet
> 'valve'  to basically
> blow the panpipe styled whistle.
>
> It doesn't sound like a trumpet at all, but , even better,   it sounds
> like those really
> cheap 50's and 60's air portable electric pipe organs.
>
> I put it under the water and let the pipes fill up at random intervals
> which forced a
> really cool found scale.   I just love found scales and you can play it
> polyphonically as well.
>
>   I just recorded a snippet so you can hear the
> sounds.
>
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/283659/TOY%20WATER%20TRUMPET%20demo.WAV
>
> The wheezing is my reactive airwave disease that I've had all my life
> reacting to the over the top amount of pollen in the air we're having
> after this ridiculous
> heatwave that hit Santa Cruz after the loopers left.  It was 90 degrees
> yesterday but cooled
> off today.   The pollen is covering the windshields of our car after
> having cleaned them on Wednesday.
>
> Also,  I went to the website of a company that carries this cool kiddie
> instrument and found a plethora
> of cool toy instruments, including those wonderful tuned bells that I
> play a lot in concert.   People always ask
> me where I got them and here is where you can buy a little set.   They
> also have a very hip looking toy banjo
> for sale that I think I"m going to spring for.........it's really
> inexpensive.
>
> http://www.stewarttoys.com/category/musicalinstruments/
>
> enjoy!!
>
> Rick Walker
>
>
>
>


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