David Oscarson – Celestial


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Limited edition #33 of 88

The Celestial is the eighth in the David Oscarson™ series of Limited Edition writing instruments. Produced in five color variations, each will be limited to an aggregate production of 88 pieces (including fountain pens and roller balls).

The Celestial Collection continues in the spirit of artistic mastery and the tradition of Old World craftsmanship by combining the centuries-old technique of Guilloché with the art and expertise of Hard Enamel. Each Collection piece is engraved with multiple levels of Guilloché, then adorned with multiple colors of Hard Enamel. The five breathtaking color pairs featured on the caps stand in bold contrast to the translucent midnight blue hard enamel on the barrels.

The sun and sunburst designs featured on the Celestial cap require multiple levels of engraving; the rays of the sun remain in high relief while the sunburst pattern in the background features occasional omissions in engraving, reflecting heat and solar flares. Most remarkable perhaps is the three-dimensional face of the sun engraved on the tapered and rounded surface of the cap.

The level of difficulty involved in the moon and stars featured on the Celestial barrel equals that employed on the cap. The four phases of the moon (new, quarter, half and full) are outlined in high relief while the stars are represented in various widths and depths. Three different diameters of stars are featured in high relief and three in low relief (above and beneath the midnight blue enamel) as a reflection of the midnight sky.

M&I | Roll 1 – “Guitar”


Image by Dani Hydes
I have decided to postpone Project 365 until summer, and pick it back up then, as at the moment I am concentrating on my exam for my AS Photography. The theme is Mystery & Imagination, and this picture is the first of my first roll, including musical instruments. Music is an art, which in itself is imagination, which is why I feel these prints suit the theme.

This is a shot of my beautiful electro acoustic yamaha apx500

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Impossible to play sad compositions with this instrument

Ravel


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Assignment 9 for Project 52.

Lighting diagram here.

History and Future


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The case for The History Of The Units, an old and absolutely incredible synthpunk band, happily sitting on my keyboard, with which I hope to produce some pretty kick-ass music with that builds on the trail The Units began to blaze back in 1977, and which few bands since seem to have attempted to follow.

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closeup – MIDI output and input connectors (5-pin DIN female jack)

Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry: Dental Instruments


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These look very like a well known image in Jonathan Taft’s textbook on Operative Dentistry.

Please credit the image as:

Photo used with the permission of rosefirerising, Flickr / PF Anderson, University of Michigan, and the UM Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry. www.dent.umich.edu/sindecuse.

Scituate St Patrick’s Day Parade 2009: Bearded bagpipe player takes a rest from his instrument


Image by Chris Devers

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closeup – top portion of emulator 2 output board ("E-2 BRUTE?" can be seen near top)

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detail – emulator 2 memory option board

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overview – Emulator 2 memory option board

BOSS & Bespeco


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Got a couple of new used pedals today: A BOSS DD-20 Giga Delay and a Bespeco VM14 stereo volume pedal.

I had a BOSS RC-20XL LoopStation which I swapped for the DD-20, as I think it’ll suite my playing better.

The Bespeco was dirt cheap so I thought I’d give it a try.

Bass Detail


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Now all we need are the instrument players.


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The Mind is a Tricky Instrument


Image by Jeremy Brooks

Rajasthan 2005


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Rajasthan,
Sitar, muziek instrument uit India (gekocht in Rajasthan)

The word Sitar is derived from the Perzian "sehtar" where SE means SIX and TAR means STRINGS. Sitar is the most popular stringed instrument of India and has been in use for about 700 years.
(as culturapedia)

Erin Barbour plays the T’Rung


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A wonderful (and ancient) Vietnamese percussion instrument, played by Erin at her concert last Monday night. www.viethandart.net/Htmls/musical.htm

Also see www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx88A6oNgh0 for nifty video with Erin-composed-and-performed soundtrack.

nut cracker


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submitted to july worldwide scavenger hunt clue: #9 instrument

No admittance with alcohol or musical instruments, Oval, 26 March 2009


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Or expectations of a decent performance by the England team.

247/365 – Wayback Instrument Wednesday – The Zube Tube


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Remember these things? Cardboard tube, 2 Solo cups, and a spring. I should do a video to capture the sound. Em’s aunties brought this to her when they baby sat for Dawnapa3za.

“Floyera” (flutes)


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Museum of Popular Instruments, Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. In Plaka, Athens, Greece. Official website.
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Φλογέρες
Μουσείο Ελληνικών Λαϊκών Μουσικών Οργάνων Φοίβου Ανωγειανάκη-Κέντρο Εθνομουσικολογίας. Στην Πλάκα, Αθήνα. Official website.

“Floyera” (flute)


Image by Tilemahos_E
Museum of Popular Instruments, Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. In Plaka, Athens, Greece. Official website.
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Φλογέρες
Μουσείο Ελληνικών Λαϊκών Μουσικών Οργάνων Φοίβου Ανωγειανάκη-Κέντρο Εθνομουσικολογίας. Στην Πλάκα, Αθήνα. Official website.

Drum Cavern


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Part of a set of photos of a musical instrument shop in the North Laines, Brighton, East Sussex. The more recent pictures include views of GAK – a sister company located next door providing more computer / electronic based instruments such as keyboards.

The set includes a number of variations on images – processed using Adobe Photoshop – to highlight areas of shadow, sometimes in Black and White. The images include montages with "impossible" perspectives of the large business.

The Drum Cavern
The Guitar, Amp and Keyboard Centre
79-81 North Road
North Laine
Brighton BN1 1YD
01273 672977
+44 (0) 1273 672977

TI Calculator Spread


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Texas Instruments calculators from the 1970s. TI-1250, TI-1200, SR-50A, SR-11, the TI Programmer, and the TI-59 programmable.

L’ensemble Koma (musée Guimet)


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Koma, ensemble d’instruments traditionnels japonais
avec Yoji Ueki (shamisen, percussions, chant), Atsuhisa Kawasaki (shakuhachi), Tomoya Terao (wadaiko)
dans l’auditorium du musée Guimet
vendredi 7 novembre 2008
www.guimet.fr/Spectacles-septembre-2008

La formation, dirigée par Yoji Ueki, allie la voix, le shamisen (luth japonais), le shakuhachi (flûte de bambou) et différentes percussions, dont le wadaiko, littéralement : « tambour (taiko) du Japon (wa) ».

L’ensemble Koma (musée Guimet)


Image by dalbera
Koma, ensemble d’instruments traditionnels japonais
avec Yoji Ueki (shamisen, percussions, chant), Atsuhisa Kawasaki (shakuhachi), Tomoya Terao (wadaiko)
dans l’auditorium du musée Guimet
vendredi 7 novembre 2008
www.guimet.fr/Spectacles-septembre-2008

La formation, dirigée par Yoji Ueki, allie la voix, le shamisen (luth japonais), le shakuhachi (flûte de bambou) et différentes percussions, dont le wadaiko, littéralement : « tambour (taiko) du Japon (wa) ».