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15. Diego Stocco - Bassoforte
1 year ago
Few days ago I started thinking about how I could re-purpose the keyboard of the dismantled piano I keep in the garden, so I thought to build a new instrument by combining it with some other parts I had laying around. I ended up with this mechanical hybrid thing I thought to call "Bassoforte" (bass + pianoforte).
The neck is from a broken electric bass, as a bridge I used a cabinet handle, the pickups are from a guitar, and the part at the top where the strings are attached is a chimney cap, which works as resonator as well as percussive sound.
The track I created is a tribute to my Dad who is a big fan of Western comic books and "spaghetti western" films, and because of him I am too.
I hope you'll like it!
The track is available also at my Bandcamp page: diegostocco.bandcamp.com/track/bassoforte
Here you can see a gallery with pictures and more detailed descriptions: behance.net/gallery/Bassoforte/535175
UPDATE 2/20/11 If you're curious to know more about the instrument in the background, you can watch this video I just made: vimeo.com/20157158
The neck is from a broken electric bass, as a bridge I used a cabinet handle, the pickups are from a guitar, and the part at the top where the strings are attached is a chimney cap, which works as resonator as well as percussive sound.
The track I created is a tribute to my Dad who is a big fan of Western comic books and "spaghetti western" films, and because of him I am too.
I hope you'll like it!
The track is available also at my Bandcamp page: diegostocco.bandcamp.com/track/bassoforte
Here you can see a gallery with pictures and more detailed descriptions: behance.net/gallery/Bassoforte/535175
UPDATE 2/20/11 If you're curious to know more about the instrument in the background, you can watch this video I just made: vimeo.com/20157158
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Great! Great! Great!
go on! *cheers*
Russia loves you, Mr. Stocco!
love the chimney cap idea too !
chapeau bas monsieur ( i put off my hat or something like this..) as we say here..;-)
Not only did you put together another musical enigma, you also created an incredibly innovative instrument to play it with!
This is truly *art* in its best, and most complex form!
Keep up the good work Diego. Makes me smile every time.
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I know some of their music, but I wasn't thinking about that song. I was inspired by the hours of western music I've heard in films, it's that kind of triplets "horse galloping" pattern you hear in the "bunch of bad-ass cowboys going to place x to fix the situation" kinda scene : )
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Now you're ready to jump from Ritchie to Tarantino, I suppose... :-)
@Richard thanks, Ennio Morricone is one of my musical heroes, he deserves huge credits for his innovative approach to western music.
@trafficarte, yeah, that would be awesome : )
@mpared thanks for the post!
The sound that the instrument makes.... Amazing....
This is a historic moment!
well done!
Brilliant stuff.
Great stuff, would you ever do a sample library of this type of home made instruments?
>DSLRnewbie
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!
and i want to know how to do that! put music together like that, you made it look sooooo fun!
>DSLRnewbie
Thanks for sharing.
thanks for posting!!!!
sound creation.
Dejas claro que lo importante no es el instrumento, sino el músico. Seguro que puedes crear una sinfonía con cualquier cosa que haga ruido.
Eres un maestro. OLE!