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How to play the shenanigan?

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squeezy:
Not sure if it's strictly a free-reed instrument ... not sure how it works at all, but it seems great for folk stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORO1FcEqBV8&list=PL5Um7IgR_gBkYl_TIbLr4qWY0ekO1Qnbi&index=2

Anyone play one?

boxcall:
Bloody good stuff!  I don't  8)

Broadland Boy:
Not entirely free reeds in the Twangulum Positiv department John, more lightly restrained (and similar in operation to your recent excursion into pizzicato accompanyment?) otherwise I suspect most of the audio is more related to the tuned Tesla Coil, capable of electrifying performance but a bit empty tonally  ;)

I prefer the true analogue sound of ancient instruments or their carefully researched reconstructions, such as those used to such grate effect by Peter Schickle to recreate the true impact of the unparalelled music of PDQ Bach, who reached parts his father never dared approach. This chap on YewTube is a sort of LuthFlutandTootier https://www.youtube.com/user/bellowphone/undefined - the Bellowphone strikes me (mobility aside) as the wind equivalent of the Gurdy and this Basso / Drone attachment really catches the sound of the era - I can just hear it accompanying the sound of Nigel Eaton, actually the harder I listen the more it sounds like Mr Eaton's feet departing at speed. ;D

Broadland Boy:
OTOH this does not look a cheap instrument (slightly more restrained reeds!) and has a very nice sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3b1bz_9gEo

Grape Ape:
I will never stop loving that Shenanigan video.  The absolute absurdity of it all, the language of gibberish he created, the thing itself whether it plays or not, and the blood.  It is so excellent to me that there are people out there who find the time to do things like this- so utterly useless on every level were it not for those like me who appreciate it, and what must be one heck of a sense of personal accomplishment for those who pull things like this off.  What inspired this man? Who knows, but I for one am in awe.

These other videos of made up instruments that (actually) work are some of my other favorites as well.  I can never get enough of them and marvel at the amount of work that must have gone into them.

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