Diego Stocco creates a new musical instrument out of an old piano, bass and other bits on hand and records a song with it.This is just a cool piece of music, let alone the manner it was made. Though I actually winced at the part where he’s sawing the head off the guitar neck. This is a bit beyond a ‘partscaster’.
Eaqually fascinating is his “Music from a Bonsai”
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.
Diego Stocco – Bassoforte from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.
