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Benedict Arnold

What's the strangest musical instrument you know of? Care to post a link?

Posted - February 7, 2017
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  • 6124
    This upsets me because I am a nature & animal lover but

    The Badgermin

    It is a Theramin (electronic musical instrument) affixed onto a badger's stuffed & posed body.




    This post was edited by Harry at February 8, 2017 8:18 AM MST
      February 7, 2017 2:46 PM MST
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  • Poor old badger. Dunno what Mr Theremin would have thought of it. At least the guy is well dressed.
      February 8, 2017 8:19 AM MST
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  • This is amazing! Not to long ago, I traveled to Luray Caverns and saw/heard this! It's truly a wonderous place and amazing to hear in the Caverns!

    https://youtu.be/Af2jt4VhWbA
      February 7, 2017 2:48 PM MST
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  •   February 7, 2017 2:53 PM MST
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  • Thank you! :)
      February 7, 2017 2:54 PM MST
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  • Amazing, and thanks Rooster for the video. 
      February 7, 2017 3:37 PM MST
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  • The Katzenklavier, or cat piano. Plingsby should LOVE this one.
    Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar, documented some fantastical devices including the Katzenklavier ("cat piano"). It has a normal keyboard in front of a line of cages, each of which has a cat trapped inside. When a key is pressed, a nail is driven into the tail of one unfortunate feline, which naturally screeches.


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      February 7, 2017 2:56 PM MST
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  • 6124
    Thought you'd enjoy the modern day version

      February 7, 2017 3:02 PM MST
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  • That's awesome, thanks!!!
      February 7, 2017 3:11 PM MST
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  • Very, very clever. I hope Plingsby sees this. 
      February 7, 2017 3:36 PM MST
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  • 2658
    Juice harp.
      February 7, 2017 2:56 PM MST
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  • 6124
    LOL! Well, that's mighty politically correct of you. ;)
      February 7, 2017 3:03 PM MST
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  • VERY P.C. :)
      February 7, 2017 3:40 PM MST
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  • * Jew's harp
      February 7, 2017 6:46 PM MST
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  • 2658
    Jew's harp, also known as the jaw harp, mouth harp, Ozark harp or juice harp.
      February 7, 2017 8:49 PM MST
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  • The Hyperbase Flute! I thought it was a huge bong at first!
      February 7, 2017 3:08 PM MST
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  • You'd need big lungs to keep playing that. Never seen anything so big. 
      February 7, 2017 3:39 PM MST
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  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6KbEnGnymk
      February 7, 2017 3:09 PM MST
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  • I love the theremin. Amazing instrument.
      February 7, 2017 3:38 PM MST
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  • Still, strange no?
      February 7, 2017 5:26 PM MST
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  • Hurdy-gurdys are pretty odd.
      February 7, 2017 6:48 PM MST
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  • I thought a hurdy gurdy was a razzle dazzle. 
      February 8, 2017 2:34 AM MST
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  •   February 8, 2017 7:30 AM MST
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  • How the heck did I live so long without knowing that?
      February 8, 2017 8:21 AM MST
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