[FA Worldmusic] Speaking of David Byrne

[Ian Menzies]

Ha! I sent this on the 30th.....sheesh.


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>From today's NY Times

"Besides being fitted with several motors, which produce the bass sounds by
vibrating a set of girders that once supported a stained-glass skylight in
the 40-foot-high ceiling, the organ is attached to a pump that blows air
through a tangle of hoses. These hoses snake into the huge rooms old water
and heating pipes and conduits, making primitive flute sounds. And then
there are more than a dozen spring-loaded solenoids, attached like
woodpeckers to the columns and even to a linebacker-size radiator that emits
a surprisingly sonorous tone when struck in just the right place with a
metal rod."

http://snipurl.com/2bkxf  [www_nytimes_com]
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