Una citazione di dovere al sito di Odd Music che ormai da anni raccoglie e archivia documentazione sugli strumenti musicali auto-progettati e auto-costruiti, dall’innovativo al demenziale.
A testimonianza del lavoro di oddmusic, ecco alcuni estratti che vanno dal Bantazar (un contrabbasso a 5 corde con 29 corde di risonanza e 4 di bordone) fino alla Celestial Harp (in figura) costruita intorno ai concetti del cerchio, del quadrato e della spirale, con ovvie connotazioni astrologiche, di cui vi presentiamo 3 esempi (ex1, ex2, ex3).

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