Stylophone and Glass Gong

Stylophone:
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Original Stylophone being played
The Dübreq Stylophone is a miniature stylus-operated synthesizer invented in 1967 by Brian Jarvis. It consists of a metal keyboard played by touching it with a stylus — each note being connected to a voltage-controlled oscillator via a different-value resistor - thus closing a circuit. Some three million Stylophones were sold, mostly as children's toys.
The Stylophone was available in three variants: standard, bass and treble, the standard one being by far the most common. There was also a larger version called the 350S with more notes on the keyboard, various voices, a novel 'wah-wah' effect that was controlled by moving one's hand over a photo-sensor, and two stylii.
Rolf Harris appeared for several years as the Stylophone's advertising spokesman in the United Kingdom. 




THIS VIDEO MADE ME LAUGH! THEY ARE POSSIBLE THE MOST SERIOUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, its not THAT good! Not compared to Rolf's exquisite demo! Any way the glass gong video makes me think about the variety of materials we could use to make sound, and how easily we could get out mits on them.

















And lets not forget how easy modern technology can make things, none of us own iphones and this is a far cry from what we are planning on doing but it illustrates a true point that we have many of resources at our disposal. 

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