Instrument Maker: Dave Cohen ( @eqguitars) Pushing Forward Guitars

March 1, 2013February 27, 2013 klangular1 Comment

Looking in another Boston area based guitar maker. Dave Cohen runs equilibrium guitars. Check out his gallery of instruments. He brings of his some minor changes to guitar design.

Instrument Maker: Artiphon (@artiphon) iPhone Hardware

February 28, 2013February 27, 2013 klangularLeave a comment

Artiphon builds a polished instrument around the iPhone. It will cost under $1,000.

Musical Roboticist Eric Singer at MIT Today

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 klangular3 Comments

Eric Singer is giving a talk at MIT today at noon. Eric is the premiere musical roboticist in the world. He is the founder of LEMUR and has made tons of great musical robots.

Instrument Maker: Tanner Galvin – Perfect Circuit Bending

February 26, 2013February 24, 2013 klangularLeave a comment

What began as circuit bending, turned into beautiful new synths. Tanner Galvin has a laser cutter in his garage, and gathers junk keyboards from thrift shops. What he does with these things, is unlike any other. (From Make Blog)

Instrument Maker: Chris Vaisvil ( @vaisvil ) DIY Resourcefulness

February 25, 2013February 24, 2013 klangularLeave a comment

Far too much has been written on Luthiers trying to recreate the work of Stradivarius. But what about the instruments along the way and the community of aspiring makers? Every maker has a unique path from novice to expert, but we should mention
spots along the whole journey.

Chris Vaisvil blogs about his instruments. Taking a design approach that mirrors Civil Engineering, these are instruments are built on raw functionality, minimal costa and completeness. He incorporates whatever is readily accessible to him, spend 20 bucks and make a finished product. Rough edges. Raw finish. Awesome.

Wine Box Zither