KenElevenShadows Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 http://www.elevenshadows.com/forsaleimages/Gamelan%20picture%201.jpg If you happen to know how I can replace some of these brass pegs (which are holding up the rope, which in turn, holds the brass keys up!) for this Javanese gamelan instrument (gender), please contact me and let me know. I am in the Los Angeles area. Is it something that I can have made for me at a machine shop? If so, where? Is there something else that looks somewhat like it that I can purchase somewhere? I probably need about ten of these. Thanks! Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbo_Tangent Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 You should be able to find a machine shop that will make them for you. Won't be cheap, tho... Phil Tangent Studios http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Tangent2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanmass Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Hmm.. Maybe I am weird, but I was thinking you should try to make your own. Here is a link, but I think brass is fairly easy to make, and you coudl make a 2 part mold out of fired clay using an existing part. Anyway, check this out... http://www.powdermetallurgyco.com/home.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanThomas Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 What about a run-of-the mill eye-bolt? If it only holds up the rope, it shouldn't matter what material it's made out of & they have eye-bolts of varying sizes at Home Depot and the like. But if you really want brass, or maybe stainless steel, try a marine supply store. A place that has lines, winches, sails, & so forth for sailboats. There used to be a good one in Marina Del Rey right down by the marina in the shopping center next to the twin towers. http://www.westmarine.com/images/full/05036_f.jpg I suppose if you're trying to restore the instrument exactly, this kind of thing wouldn't work. But if you just want to get it working it may well do. You might also consider having them made out of hardwood. A cabinet or furniture making shop with a wood lathe and a drill press could make a bunch pretty quickly I would think. Signatures can appear at the bottom of your posts. This option may be disabled by the message board administrators at any time, however. You may use UBB Code in your signature, but not HTML. UBB Code Images are permitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrix Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Ken this is a great excuse to visit Bali. Its full of fabulous people. Good surfing, great food, idyllic. Of course, that would result in some pretty expensive hardware for your gamelon. Did this help? Check out some tunes here: http://www.garageband.com/artist/KenFava Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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