December 2009

Mouthpieces and bocals by – clarinet, sax and bassoon

Polish musicians from Chopin
Academy, Warsaw, playing clarinet mouthpiece and bassoon bocal (carbon fiber) made by Leonardo Fuks.
The clarinet mouthpiece has the exact measurements of a Charles Bay H2 M-o-M ; the basson bocal, entirely in carbon and glass fibers, replicates a Russian “Leningrad” model from the 70’s.
Duration : 0:0:16

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The Squarepent – Homemade Tuba (Serpent)

This is a short video I put together that explains and demonstrates two unusual homemade instruments that my uncle, Lindahl King, made for me out of wood.
My uncle got the idea to make these instruments from the website of squarepent inventor Paul Schmidt…
http://www.serpentwebsite.com/SQPT_concept.htm
They are based on the design of the ancient serpent, a predecessor [...]

Carrot clarinet

Linsey Pollak drills out a carrot and turns it into a clarinet and plays it, live looping with a Boss RC20 to record 3 layers….from his solo show “Making Jam”
Duration : 0:3:19

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