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[Brakka]

Oh yeah, I've got oddmusic bookmarked :thu: They've added a lot of stuff recently. I hadn't seen the Hyper Sax, and I spent hours recently looking for mods or bends to the casio midi horn. Not much info on it at oddmusic, but it is a lead. And I'll throw out [url=http://www2.netdoor.com/~rlang/]Rathole[/url] [url=http://home.earthlink.net/~ijfritz/index.htm]wind-controlled synthesis[/url] [url=http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/instruments/]anti-theory[/url] [url=http://www.windworld.com/emi/]Experimental Musical Instruments[/url] [url=http://www.windworld.com/emi/links.htm]Experimental Musical Instruments links page [/url] :thu:

[D_dup3]

Ever hear of Harry Partch (mid-20th century composer/inventor) ? Check [url=http://www.harrypartch.com]www.harrypartch.com[/url]

[whitefang]

Really interesting stuff! Thanks for the lead, man. However, "Darwin Christmas 1974" sounded a lot like my electric beard trimmer... Whitefang

[where02190]

Here's an odd one, called a Nuttar (after the creator) It's made from a cigar box and some old banjo strings. I'm not even sure of the tuning, but it sure sounded kewl on the tune we used it on!!!!! [img]http://www.npstudios.com/pics/jcnuttar02.jpg[/img]

[fantasticsound]

Cool site! [img]http://members.aol.com:/neilbergmn/banjolin[/img] This is my 1920's Banjolin bought from Gruhn Guitar in Nashville. As the name suggests, it is a mandolin of banjo style construction. Plays like a mandolin.. only bad. Gruhn informed me they couldn't find an appropriate replacement head for it. Anyone know any custom banjo-head manufacturers? :rolleyes: (It's ok, right now. Eventually the head will disintegrate, though.)

[Brakka]

Remo Weatherkings are good replacements- they make weird sizes besides the standard 11".

[fantasticsound]

Thanks, Brakka. I think the craftsmen at Gruhn would've checked out all the standard drum heads, but I'll have to look into it anyway. (The instrument cost me $125, 6 or 7 years ago. They didn't want to put any money into more repairs. Remember, their average instrument costs several thousand dollars, vintage or new.)

[Brakka]

Your old head looks like calfskin from here (no, I'm not flirting :o ). If you have a local world-drum type shop (with congas, percussion, lessons, etc), they can put a new calf head on your old hoop.