|
Author: Fredo on July 17 2008 Viewed 1686 times. 25 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
People who enjoyed reading this: hecanjog, ignatius, slp, reehc, Tripnik, jogn, Roshi, Otterfan, eyesnine, skab, strangus, sAMsKi, bodo, lematt, breakscience, oxymoron, FailedSitcom, lowlifi, xbaux, energygiant, Analog, monty, passive, DrexonField, mlbot
-->
Hi emers, all...
I can barely contain my happiness after receiving the used Glockenspiel I purchased yesterday in the mail today.  It's from the 50s, of Deagan make. I was told by a very generous and wildly knowledgeably sales person about another store selling this old instrument. He explained that it was rusty and in slight disrepair, but that the metal they used back then was much better than anything produced today. So I made the plunge and bought it, and boy do I feel happy about it.
I'm going to do a cluster video of The Turn and The Sad Song in the next two months with this creature. Should be fun! In the meantime, feast your eyes!
| |
Comments
07/17/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
hecanjog
Glocktastic! Man O man that thing looks yummy. Post some sound samples!
07/17/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
slp
very nice. i love the glocken
07/17/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
Tripnik
I seriously thought this was going to be a post about someone purchasing a gun. Let me know if you need a hand with those clusters
07/17/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
Fredo
I very well may, Tripnik. Thanks!
07/17/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
eyesnine
love the acoustic stuff, there isn't a vst in the world that'll sound like that. if you could sample it chromatically and post it that would be awesome! we could have a glock only mixit.
07/17/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
strangus
Lol, I thought you bought a gun.
07/17/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
deltasleep
yeah I was thinking "wow fredo has a handgun?"
07/18/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
kenrestivo
Cool! Now learn to whistle: link
07/18/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
packetst0rm
brap brap!
07/18/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
gamatam
Cool! I used to play a Bell Lyre in the army which is basically an upright Glockenspiel which I held with one hand and used my other to smack the notes with a mallet (smack really works in this case).
I used to march next to the bass drum, which was beaten by the equivalent of a hillbilly with issues. It became painful until I started using those squishy yellow earplugs one uses on the firing range, then I let rip and went through a few mallets and learnt how to improvise over colonel bogey. Of course a t a distance all you here is the bass drum and the Bell-lyre, so I'm not sure what people made of it.
The most interesting thing about the instrument was the clashing notes, hit two notes a semi tone apart and you start un-tapping the potential of the instrument. I don't think you are going to be able to sample that..
07/18/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
astroid
now you just need a bunch of different mallets!:D
07/18/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
Fredo
yeah, it's amazing, gamatam... when you hit a few, or even just two, you sometimes get this pulsing of sound.
That said, I do notice that I have to position a few of the bells specially on the felt to get a fully ringing tone... does this mean I need to have some repair work or learn how to hit the bell? Like is there a special technique?
@astroid: yeah, no kidding! right now I just have a wooden one. The big leather puffy one for my kick just makes a thud. I think it's too soft. I was told to get some rubberbands around the wooden one, that it would make a lovely, less bright sound... What are your recommendations?
07/18/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
tmns
I got plastic mallets with my mine and they sounded very harsh. I picked up some rubber mallets in a drum shop and they sound a million times better, much softer, less attack.
07/18/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
Fredo
cool, good to know. Thanks tmns.
07/18/08
+
PM |
QUOTE |
PERMALINK |
REPORT
gamatam
Fredo said: "That said, I do notice that I have to position a few of the bells specially on the felt to get a fully ringing tone... does this mean I need to have some repair work or learn how to hit the bell? Like is there a special technique?"
The Bell-Lyre is played upright, so the keys are suspended rather than resting on the felt. I tightened the keys on my amadinda because they where hitting each other, but discovered that the sound was dull afterwards. Maybe your keys are to tight, expecially if you have just refurbished it, the keys should be loose to ring fully. Maybe soften the leather eyelits?
I played with a variety of mallets, hard rubber would probably give the best sound for recording. I never liked the ones wrapped in wool. On the parade ground a good hard plastic mallet was best, but I guess thats not where you are heading It also leaves dents in the keys..
Register / login
|
^
EM411 is Copyright 2001-2008 EM411.com
All rights reserved. | Contact | RSS
|
