You can get get long pieces of bamboo{not the bar-b-que type} in the garden department of a store, green in color, and tape five of them together.  then cut at 16and a half inches. Very unique. Cross between a stick and a brush. The more you break them in the better they sound.

Early in 2004 I created a number of compositions using found instruments.

You can listen to some of these at Prolific Groove; although the website is not completed the way I want it.

In particular, go to my portfolio, click on Original Compositions, and listen to the following:

Toy Aisle - tracked live using various toys from my son's bedroom.

Cool Kitchen - tracked live using assorted kitchen utensils, pots, pans, silverware, cups, glasses, bowls and small appliances from my own kitchen.


These compositions will (hopefully) be used for film, commercials, etc. and are published by Mediatone, Inc.

The flowerpots are suspended like bells using some of those threaded eye-bolts.  A pot is suspended upside-down vertically on the eyebolt with the eye protruding from the base of the pot; a felt washer+metal washer+nut  on the threaded side of the bolt hold the pot in place.  Sounds great with soft mallets...

The rest of the stuff is usually just placed on the table or hung from various stands; I like being able to move the small gongs and springs around.

It's not the most attractive setup, but it serves its purpose for the time being.  I'd like to experiment with something like Tony Oxley's amplified frame once I get some contact mics happening...