Dust Your Blues Away

Dust Your Blues Away is a stiff bristle sweeping brush constructed in such a way as to produce musical sounds as you use it clean the floor.

At the end of the usual brush shaft there is a base that holds the bristles, but placed on top of the base there is a sounding box containing an array of pre-tightened strings. When you brush the floor, a variety of musical notes are produced from these strings being strummed. These notes emerge from the sound box and you have a degree of control over them achieved through your particular brushing action.

Here's how it works:

Each of the stiff bristles emerging from the wooden base is connected to one of the tightened strings contained in the sounding box. As part of the action of brushing, the bristles will naturally ping backwards and forwards randomly as they impact against the varying resistance offered by the floor and the small items they encounter. The bristles are connected to the strings via a miniaturised linkage which delivers a continuous plucking action as they move across the floor.

Continuous brushing will attenuate the amplitude of the bristles, while stiff, vigorous scrubbing will result in a more energetic outcome.

The sounds may be further controlled via a set of machine heads, the tension of which can be adjusted using allen keys. Extra volume is an option, generated by pick up sensors and a simple amplifier/speaker arrangement.

Dust Your Blues Away brushes come in a large variety of variables ie width, bristle concentration, stiffness, and length. This means that several sweepers can create a harmonious orchestrated sound scape as they clean a large area.