What instrument you don't play, but you'd like to?

[Krummhorn]

Well, Pnoom, I fell for that one - hook, line and sinker
Of course ... now it make sense Gruyer cheese ... Duh-me

[pnoom]

That... wasn't a joke. It's a real instrument. And I'd really like to learn it.

[Corno Dolce]

Hi pnoom,

I read the prog-archives article with the "swisscheseophone" and must conclude that it remains in someone's imagination. Now, there is an instrument which looks like a terribly malformed hunk of swiss cheese - its called an Ocarina. Click the link below:

http://saria.coolfreepage.com/games/oot/ocarina2.gif


Honestly and respectfully, pnoom - you tried to gin up interest - I bit, but found no substance in the bait, insofar as the gruyerophone is concerned.

I'll give you an A+ for creative thinking though.

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

[Pacific 231]

...Click the link below:

http://saria.coolfreepage.com/games/oot/ocarina2.gif
...

When I open this link, it says me: "You do not have access to this document" I dont know why...

[methodistgirl]

Hello Krummhorn,

Glad that you asked. The Baryton has a special feature and they are strings on the backside which you can pluck with your thumb whilst playing. Click on the link below for a demonstration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZApJANZjl0

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

p.s. This instrument has the sweetest sound I've ever heard from an instrument.

This instrument is so unusual and has a mystorious sound to it like a
horror movie or something. I can play the violin. I believe I could
play that one too and try it out.
judy tooley

[methodistgirl]

For someone's namesake, I would like to try a Krommhorn! I heard some
guys play one and couldn't stop laughing!
judy tooley

[Mat]

There are two instruments I would really love to play to

1) Hammond organ
2) Soprano saxophone

Maybe I'll play saxophone someday but Hammond.... That would be a miracle.

[Krummhorn]

For someone's namesake, I would like to try a Krommhorn! I heard some
guys play one and couldn't stop laughing!
judy tooley

Hi Judy,

The Krummhorn (Fr. Cromorne) is a different sound for sure ... almost nasal in sound with an absolute attack and release when played on the organ. This became my most favorite solo organ stop ever since I first heard one 40 or so years ago. I'll admit, it is a strange sound to get used to ... and won't be pleasing to every listener ... and can be an amusing sound, too.

[pnoom]

Hi pnoom,

I read the prog-archives article with the "swisscheseophone" and must conclude that it remains in someone's imagination. Now, there is an instrument which looks like a terribly malformed hunk of swiss cheese - its called an Ocarina. Click the link below:

http://saria.coolfreepage.com/games/oot/ocarina2.gif


Honestly and respectfully, pnoom - you tried to gin up interest - I bit, but found no substance in the bait, insofar as the gruyerophone is concerned.

I'll give you an A+ for creative thinking though.

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

I'll scan the photo from the liner notes if you want to see a picture of it.

[Corno Dolce]

Hi pnoom,

I've been playing the contrabass trombone for 22 years and even toot the tuba sometimes. Many quarts of air are needed for playing the contrabass trombone and the tuba properly. No cheese, not even fermenting cheese can give off the quantity of pressurised wind necessary to power a solo wind instrument, even if its an oboe. Hey, try using a tuba mouthpiece on a piece of garden hose - it works!!! Listen to some recordings of PDQ Bach if you want to hear something really funky.

Yes, do send that scanned picture as a private message to me

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

[Krummhorn]

That... wasn't a joke. It's a real instrument. And I'd really like to learn it.

Have you a picture of this instrument? I think the community here is intrigued by the existence of such an instrument.

There have been some fairly bizarre creations used for special musical effects - like those used in PDQ Bach, etc.

[pnoom]

I haven't scanned it yet. I will try and remember to do so tonight.

[pnoom]

As promised, here is the picture of Pascal Vandenbulcke playing the gruyerophone. And if you question its authenticity, you can see (if you look closely) the text from the next page of the booklet on the back, as the scanner captured it as well.

[Corno Dolce]

Hi pnoom,

Hahahahahaha - a fancy form of a kazoo

I still won't classify it as a musical instrument, rather, a noise-maker. I would also love to see the Physics about the bits of cheese providing quantity and pressure of wind plus the vibration propagation through the instrument. When you buzz into a brass instrument mouthpiece, the instrument will amplify those vibrations. The air column being blown into the instrument serves as a "projecting medium". The exponential end of the horn, ergo, where the bell flares, gives the instrument its specific sound character. The player, of course, modulates the dynamics, imparts rhythm, can also give color to the sound.

Inputting bits of cheese into the bell of the gruyerophone can, maybe, if they all of a sudden are, by human intervention, inhaled/ingested, provide sustenance and an energy kick to the poor, beleaguered player of said instrument, thereby providing an air column, by human intervention, to make a noise. Otherwise, the cheese bits are incapable of providing the mouthpiece buzz necessary in order to make the instrument perform its intended function.

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

[pnoom]

Next time I see Pascal Vandenbulcke, I'll ask him.