There seem to have been some knee jerk reactions of late to a few of my annotations on the Bakery, so I thought, why not set these to music?... and what could be more appropriate for this purpose than a knee jerk musical Instrument?

Enter the Kneejerk Piano.

The human knee is perfectly capable of acting as a replacement for the conventional hammer/striker apparatus that acts as the interface between the keys and the strings on a piano.

There are no particular advantages to the Kneejerk Piano. I just think it would be a worthwhile spectacle to witness a serious musician playing a particularly challenging piece as an array of hammers struck at the bare knees along a line of seated figures - each blow eliciting a note as the jerking feet arced up in turn to strike against the stretched strings.
-- xenzag, May 28 2006

jerk.
-- methinksnot, May 28 2006


Usually some instant comment comes to mind, but strangely, I can't think of a thing to say.
-- ldischler, May 28 2006


bun?
-- methinksnot, May 28 2006


this should be a drumkit.

we use mice in this house.
-- po, May 28 2006


Could we power a mower using jerking knees?
-- wagster, May 28 2006


the first person to use 'knee tremble' gets my...
-- po, May 28 2006


and why DO you hate freedom, [xen]?
-- epicproblem, May 29 2006


Freedom ! I'll tell you about freedom - I used to be a happy hamster, devoid of all freedom, merrily running on my wheel, but then I escaped -

"Lance was from some South Bronx shithole and I think the light and the space of Vietnam really put the zap on his head" - Apocalypse Now.
-- xenzag, May 30 2006


This is extr-ouch!-dingggg!-inarily funny :)
-- phundug, May 30 2006



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