[ale] Sanitizing dead hard drive

[Geoffrey]

aaron wrote:

> Dead drive disks make GREAT rhythm / percussion
> instruments -- their high grade aluminum produces a 
> crisp, high pitched, ringing mini-gong / finger cymbal
> sound.  Put your thumb through the platter hole, tap the
> platter with a hard striker, roll your fingers and hear the
> pitch shift in a pleasant "wah" sound as you mute it.

I bet a few strung together would make a nice wind chime.  I might have 
to try that one out.

> One of the favorites among my many "found sound"
> instruments.

You gotta love the occasional unexpected musical instrument. In my 
daughter's marching band they use an old automobile wheel drum for a 
percussion instrument. ;)

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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