The folgerphone (sometimes Folgerphone) is a wind instrument (or aerophone). Like the saxophone it is classifiable as a woodwind rather than brass instrument despite being made of metal, because it has a reed. The folgerphone is a modern experimental instrument, using an alto sax mouthpiece, with copper tubing and a coffee can (the name is a reference to Folgers, a common American brand of canned coffee). The instrument is not commercially produced, but constructed by musicians, and need not use a genuine coffee can, but any sounding box made of metal. Although it uses a sax mouthpiece, it is a cylindrical-bore instrument, and thus part of the clarinet family, but is played with finger holes, like a recorder, rather than with keys like a saxophone or modern clarinet. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is among the 422.211.2 subsection of reed aerophones.
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9 Things That SHOULDN'T Be Musical Instruments ... But Are
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[MUSIC - LINSEY POLLAK, "BASEBALL BAT"] JACOB SOBOROFF: This isn't even the play us out, but I'm loving it. LIZZIE: Look at this guy, this guy's like the coolest grandpa at the park. JACOB SOBOROFF: Kenny G, watch yo-self. JACOB SOBOROFF: Hey guys. Today we're talking about the most unusual and most unlikely instruments that you have ever seen in your life. LIZZIE: Yes. And that was Linsey Pollak, and this is what he does, this is his bags. JACOB SOBOROFF: That was an unlikely and an unusual instrument. [MUSIC - LINSEY POLLAK, "BASEBALL BAT"] LIZZIE: His new CD is Mrs. Curly & the Norwegian Smoking Pipe? Marry me. JACOB SOBOROFF: He's made a clarinet out of a garden hose, he's made a saxophone with no keys, and he's made this. [MUSIC - LINSEY POLLAK, "WATERING CAN TRIO"] LIZZIE: Uh-oh. We have clones in this video. JACOB SOBOROFF: And it turns out he has no hair. LIZZIE: Were you surprised by that? He's always wearing beanies. JACOB SOBOROFF: I don't know. I mean, it's like chilled wear, beanies these days. LIZZIE: He only has 12,000 subscribers, which is crazy, because this is awesome, obviously. JACOB SOBOROFF: So good. LIZZIE: So subscribe. [MUSIC - MYSTERY GUITAR MAN, "BRAZILIAN CUPS"] This is "Brazilian Cups," played by Joe Penna, a.k.a. MysteryGuitarMan. JACOB SOBOROFF: Friend of the show. LIZZIE: Yep, awesome dude. He's laying water glasses. They're filled with different levels of water. JACOB SOBOROFF: To make different noises, yeah. LIZZIE: "Miss Congeniality," obvi-- everyone knows that except for Jacob, doesn't count. JACOB SOBOROFF: Sandra who? LIZZIE: Ugh. JACOB SOBOROFF: It's kind of like people that play the glass by rubbing the rim, only more staccato. LIZZIE: Oh my god, I'll say it again. "Miss Congeniality." It's a major plot point in that movie. JACOB SOBOROFF: Sandra Boo-lock. LIZZIE: No. ALEX: Miles. MILES: Yes? ALEX: This is the greatest PVC high school performance you will ever see. [MUSIC - SNUBBY J, "MY PVC INSTRUMENT"] MILES: He's so happy though. It's hard to not smile. [MUSIC - SNUBBY J, "MY PVC INSTRUMENT"] ALEX: This is Snubby J or Kent Jenkins, whatever you want to call him. MILES: I'd prefer Snubby J. ALEX: Yeah. He's got covers, he's got originals. He does have over 100,000 subs. MILES: Snubby J, do your thing. The William Tell Overture by Rossini, classic piece of music. But have you ever heard it played on empty wine bottles? ALEX: No. [MUSIC - DAN NEWBIE, "BOTTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA"] MILES: Get a load of my man, Dan Newbie. He had to use 34 wine bottles, 120 hours of recording, over 4,000 cuts. This guy's a computer science student. He does a lot of music with untraditional instruments. Dan Newbie, dude, who ain't a newb on this glass tube. ALEX: Do-- doob. EARNEST: I'm not even going to give this a preamble. Just get ready for this. ALI: All right, I'm ready. [MUSIC - ANDREW HUANG, "MUSIC MADE OF GARBAGE"] EARNEST: This is "Music Made of Garbage," and it's by Andrew Huang. He's one of my favorites. This video has 40,000 views, and Andrew Huang himself just has 160,000 subscribers, which is surprising to me, because he's one of the most creative people out there. ALI: It's really cool to see the visuals and to see what he's using to make all those different sounds. [MUSIC - ANDREW HUANG, "MUSIC MADE OF GARBAGE"] EARNEST: Here's something else that's weird about him. He doesn't have a home. ALI: What? EARNEST: He's just this musical nomad traveling from place to place right now. He's living a life. ALI: He is living a life. All right, Earnest, so we saw music made from trash. Now we're going to see music made from vegetables. [MUSIC - VEGETABLEORCHESTRA, "VEGETABLE ORCHESTRA"] ALI: It's a very dedicated process. [MUSIC - VEGETABLEORCHESTRA, "VEGETABLE ORCHESTRA"] ALI: That's like three. She's got a pepper on, is that a cucumber? [MUSIC - VEGETABLEORCHESTRA, "VEGETABLE ORCHESTRA"] EARNEST: There's nothing I love more than a good flute solo. ALI: Do you love a flute carrot solo better than a regular flute solo? EARNEST: Obviously. [MUSIC - VEGETABLEORCHESTRA, "VEGETABLE ORCHESTRA"] EARNEST: You know how plants are supposed to be able to respond to music? They were playing for other plants. And the other plants are into it until they realize-- ALI: They realize this is made of us. EARNEST: You hollowed him out? JACOB SOBOROFF: Pachelbel's "Canon" reminds me of graduations, weddings. LIZZIE: And that song, "Graduation." As we go on, we remember all the time we spent together. My god. JACOB SOBOROFF: You know what it also reminds me of? ALI: What? JACOB SOBOROFF: Cell phones. ALI: Huh? [MUSIC - KURT HUGO SCHNEIDER, "PACHELBEL'S CANON PHONE"] JACOB SOBOROFF: This video's got two million views. Kurt Hugo Schneider is a composer. He's a music producer. [MUSIC - KURT HUGO SCHNEIDER, "PACHELBEL'S CANON PHONE"] JACOB SOBOROFF: Kurt Hugo Schneider, you've won my heart, bro. So those were some of our favorite craziest, weirdest, most unusual, most unexpected instruments around. What were your favorites? LIZZIE: Yeah. Let us know in the comments. And also, we have a ton more of these in a playlist for you. JACOB SOBOROFF: So many. LIZZIE: We just could not cram them all into one show. JACOB SOBOROFF: But we do have one more. Play us out, Vocesparalapaz! [MUSIC - SOLIMUSI VOCESPARALAPAZ, "LA MAQUINA DE ESCRIBIR"]
History
The instrument was invented by Nolan Hatcher and Craig Nutt of Alabama (members of the Raudelunas art collective,[1] and the experimental jazz bands the Ron Pates Debonairs and the Blue Denim Deal)[2] at least as early as 1979, when it was used on their duet album Dinosaur Time.[1] It has also been used in recorded experimental and jazz works by others, such as Robert Horton's band Plateau (not to be confused with the Skinny Puppy side-project platEAU), as on the 1990 Arrhythmia compilation CD.
References
- ^ a b Nutt, Craig. "Say Day-Bew Records". Raudelunas: The Art of Nolan Hatcher (1951–1991). Archived from the original on July 8, 2011.[self-published source]
- ^ Freeman, Chris (ed.). "Artist: Hatcher, Nolan & Craig Nutt". Fusetron. Brooklyn: FusetronSound. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- Hansson, Bobby (2004) [1996]. The Fine Art of the Tin Can (Revised ed.). Lark Books. p. 102.