Re: OT- Waterphone Question

["nicholson_matt" <nicholson_matt@msn.com>]

I realize you only referenced larkinam.com because they had a similar
instrument to the waterphone, but I thought I'd issue a warning. I would
strongly advise buying anything from Lark In The Morning. Sure, they've got
a neat couple of shops on the west coast that are kind of fun to stop in 
and
play with stuff. However, many of their musical equipment is very cheap and
shoddy, which is probably the case when it comes to this "ocean harp" you
found. I took a knowledgeable friend into their Seattle store once to check
out a set of tablas and he didn't approve at all. Their didges are also
second rate too from personal experience. They've got a ton of stuff in
their catalogue but they seem to get all their instruments from a select 
few
international mass producers instead of authentic instrument-smiths. Sorry
for continuing the OT discussion.

-- Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "jim palmer" <jimp@pobox.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: OT- Waterphone Question


> sorry for bringing up an old ot post...
>
> i found something called an ocean harp for $250 here:
> http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/LarkNet/Percussion
>
> i tried looking elswhere but haven't found anything else.
> anybody tried this?
> how does it compare to the original waterphone?
>
> i'm sure most of you would think it is evil to bypass the original
inventor,
> especially given his rather harsh words on the subject,
> but his patent expired a decade ago,
> and $1000 seems pretty steep,
> so i don't really have any qualms about that...
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