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As I was standing in the wind today, my crutches began to
sing in the wind. My crutches are aluminum with lines of holes
along the length. The problem? They only play one note.
My forearm crutches feature hand grips and I had the idea to
fit keys to the underside of the grips which would open
holes
to create different notes. By default, all holes would be
plugged until a key was pressed. Each key would open the
appropriate hole to make a note. As I stand in the wind, I
would be able to press keys to make notes, and henceforth, a
song.
Similar, but different
Ortho-Flute
Ortho Flute [Klaatu, Mar 25 2011]
Spring-loaded crutches
http://www.amazon.c...d=1301110386&sr=8-1
[Klaatu, Mar 26 2011, last modified Apr 23 2011]
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And if the wind dies down, you can add a minifan to create some. (+) |
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//my crutches began to sing // [+] for that. |
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I love that garlic aeoli but it does make me kind of windy. |
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I'm picturing a slide trombone type action. |
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//I'm picturing a slide trombone type action// I wish
that I could give [2fries] a bun for the anno. Almost
an idea in itself. This would work nicely with the
new, energy absorbing crutches <link>. |
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//As I was standing in the wind today, my crutches
began to sing in the wind.// |
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I don't know if you meant to, but you've created a
very evocative and moving piece of prose there K.
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I can see you playing your crutches, [klaatu]. What a
lovely image. |
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[Klaatu] Wow. This could work with my idea for Aeolian Pipe Dream. Changing the level of the liquid in the crutch using a bladder could alter pitch and scale. |
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I see I've already commented on this, but again, his might be the most moving post I've ever seen on the HB, it's really beautiful. The idea that somebody needing crutches would look at them and ponder how to make them beautiful is pretty inspiring. |
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