Musical Instruments

busterb · 06-10-2005, 07:36 PM

Other night Emeril live was on. Was a band member who had a shiny cylinder and was making a noise, music with it. What is it? Looks like something we made as kids from a can and hair from a horse's tail, little pine rosin. Can't rmember what we called it. I know some on here play drums & in bands so can someone help me out?

Elspode · 06-10-2005, 09:32 PM

Was it just a shaker of some kind? Looked like a martini shaker, and went "sshhtt, sshhtt..."?

busterb · 06-11-2005, 12:54 PM

Not a shaker. I never saw him use it. Just some off the wall sounds while the band was playing. Reminded me of the above can thing. Think was called a bull something, if I can remeber till coffee time I'll ask someone.

Lunaephiliac · 06-11-2005, 01:23 PM

That sounds like a theremin, but they are supposed to be really hard to play.

Elspode · 06-11-2005, 03:00 PM

What was the band name?

wolf · 06-11-2005, 03:28 PM

A theremin consists of a box, a hoop, an upright antenna looking thingy and a lot of electronic circuitry. You can't mistake it for anything else, whether you see it or hear it.

Hey cool! There's a theramin orchestra in Austin, TX!! (I know the lady on the left. She is very, very cool).

busterb · 06-12-2005, 03:05 PM

Guess it's the Emeril live band? Foodnetwork.

busterb · 06-13-2005, 03:45 PM

The name of the thing is "dumb bull." This is what I found on Google. " Bob Short had a dumb-bull,a keg with a strip of raw-hide stretched across one end like
a drum-head, while the other remained open. A waxed cord
inserted in the middle of the drum-head, and reaching down
through the keg, completed the instrument. The pulling of
the hand over this cord made a hideous bellowing, hence
its name.

06-10-2005, 07:36 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Musical Instruments Other night Emeril live was on. Was a band member who had a shiny cylinder and was making a noise, music with it. What is it? Looks like something we made as kids from a can and hair from a horse's tail, little pine rosin. Can't rmember what we called it. I know some on here play drums & in bands so can someone help me out? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-10-2005, 09:32 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Was it just a shaker of some kind? Looked like a martini shaker, and went "sshhtt, sshhtt..."? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-11-2005, 12:54 PM	#3
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Not a shaker. I never saw him use it. Just some off the wall sounds while the band was playing. Reminded me of the above can thing. Think was called a bull something, if I can remeber till coffee time I'll ask someone. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-11-2005, 01:23 PM	#4
Lunaephiliac Nice people frighten me. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle. Yes, it's raining. Posts: 47	That sounds like a theremin, but they are supposed to be really hard to play. __________________ Well, obviously no one is going to give you a nickel every time something common happens, so stop using that idiotic phrase. Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished, persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. -Mark Twain

06-11-2005, 03:00 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	What was the band name? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-11-2005, 03:28 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	A theremin consists of a box, a hoop, an upright antenna looking thingy and a lot of electronic circuitry. You can't mistake it for anything else, whether you see it or hear it. Hey cool! There's a theramin orchestra in Austin, TX!! (I know the lady on the left. She is very, very cool). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 06-11-2005 at 03:31 PM.

06-12-2005, 03:05 PM	#7
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Guess it's the Emeril live band? Foodnetwork. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-13-2005, 03:45 PM	#8
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	The name of the thing is "dumb bull." This is what I found on Google. " Bob Short had a dumb-bull,a keg with a strip of raw-hide stretched across one end like a drum-head, while the other remained open. A waxed cord inserted in the middle of the drum-head, and reaching down through the keg, completed the instrument. The pulling of the hand over this cord made a hideous bellowing, hence its name. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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