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Old 12-26-2006, 08:10 AM   #11 (permalink)
MattB
 
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Re: PERFORMED ENTIRELY ON BICYCLE PARTS:

Jim wrote:
> Slack wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:40:32 -0800, Giant Yukon MTB Girl
>> <tallorchidgirl@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite"
>>>
>>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...206&pr=goog-sl
>>>
>>> MTB Girl
>>>

>>
>>
>> Nice find.
>> --Slack

>
>
> Frank Zappa did a composition back in his early days that was played on
> the tuned spokes of a bicycle wheel. All of the spokes were tuned to a
> different pitch and someone was "playing" the wheel like a xylophone by
> tapping the different spokes. Very weird sounding, but cool in a way too.


He was a genius.

Matt
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