the control mechanism is made of differently sized pulleys, rotating at slightly different rates, and tripping a switch with every revolution. Each switch activates a solenoid, which drives a hammer against a pyrex pot lid, or a length of aluminum tubing. Because the timing of each actuator is slightly different from one another, the hammer […]

The Gyrovalkyrie, a variation of the Huffyphonic Gyrobanshee, which is a musical instrument made of a bicycle wheel with the spokes cut out, and replaced by guitar strings. An electric guitar pickup is mounted over the strings, and it is amplified by an electric guitar amplifier, the amplifier’s speaker is mounted underneath the apparatus. This […]