[sdiy] Synth in a pipe anyone?

[harrybissell]

I'd like to nominate Osamu Hoshuyama's synths that he built while
in Ottawa... they were cased in some flip-top boxes from the dollar store.
The only drawback was when you insert patchcords it bends the panel
pretty badly.

Not production, but wtf...

H^) harry

Peter Forrest wrote:

> And a bit bigger, but fun as well, is the Great British Spring - a
> metre-plus-long spring reverb in a plastic drainpipe; and the orginal
> Sherman Filterbank (first model before mass production) had plastic
> guttering as its back housing.
> Then there was the HumDrum drum synth from Argent's music store in London,
> which was housed in a Tupperware container.
> Any more re-cycled plastic casings around on production instruments?
> Peter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen" <mclilith at charter.net>
> To: "Oren Leavitt" <oleavitt at ix.netcom.com>; "sdiy"
> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 9:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Synth in a pipe anyone?
>
> > At 06:29 PM 11/26/04 , Oren Leavitt wrote:
> >
> > >Here's a nice matching amplifier in a pipe to get you started:
> > >
> > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3765172728
> > >
> >
> > Great! Just try boarding a plane in LAX, to fly to a gig in Washington DC,
> > with that slung across your shoulder!   :)
> >
> > For what it's worth, a friend of mine who saw Van Halen perform live
> > several years ago, said they had a synth built into the case of what
> looked
> > like a military-surplus bomb or missile. It had the classic fins on one
> end
> > of the tubular case, and the other end was tapered to a point.
> >
> >
> > take care,
> > Glen