Monday, December 17, 2007
Eine Kleine Plumbingmusic
In September of 1936, a man named "Red Jones," 
whose claim to fame was manifest in the variously lovely musical instruments he made and played - out of pipe tools and fittings - managed to attract the attention of no less a publication than 
Modern Mechanics.
I learned this recently, from J-Walk Blog and a site called, eponymously, Modern Mechanix.
And it made me think about how old of a tradition this thing is, this art, one must call it, of repurposing, of playing with, of finding and creating and sharing delight - with, junk.
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
whose claim to fame was manifest in the variously lovely musical instruments he made and played - out of pipe tools and fittings - managed to attract the attention of no less a publication than Modern Mechanics.I learned this recently, from J-Walk Blog and a site called, eponymously, Modern Mechanix.
And it made me think about how old of a tradition this thing is, this art, one must call it, of repurposing, of playing with, of finding and creating and sharing delight - with, junk.
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
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