09.10.2009 Late-night soldering victories
Tonight I hope to conquer the second-to-last step (ha! hopefully) of the Circle-of-Fifths Clock I'm working to build. Over the last couple of days I've mounted the strikers onto the stands and wired them up. A few of the bigger strikers don't want to work if they're at too severe of an angle. Adjustments made.
One glass resonator down, so far. This beer glass survived so many moves and dishwashers and roommates:
On the upside, my martini shaker makes a cool ringing sound. So, I have four of my required 12 pitches accounted for. Hard drive platters ring at F's of varying flatness (I have an in-tune one), my stemless wine glasses are a nice G, and I have a small, cracked splash cymbal that rings a fairly clear B.
So, you wanna do me a favor? Go around gently hitting some things and checking what they sound like. I need six more to complete the project...
Posted by charlie williams at September 10, 2009 12:07 PM
