nice review

[scottb]

Congrats on a great review on the show at the Creole Gallery.

I just had one question.

"At one point, Marsh pulled out a little-used contraption Detroit drummer Roy Brooks used to call the “breathaphone” — plastic pipes through which air is sucked in and out of the drums"

Does Randy's "breathaphone" look something like this:

[Jim Alfredson]

Ha! No, no, no. That's called a stone-a-phone.

[7/4]

Looks like one of those Harry Partch instruments.

[Joe]

Looks like one of those Harry Partch instruments.

[scottb]

"Honestly officer, this is my 'breathaphone,' I'm a drummer."

[alankin]

Class puts engineering theory to practical use

December 8, 2003

ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOLLAND -- When Hope College senior Luke Olinyk finished his engineering design final, he didn't just hand it in to his professor, he also decided to apply for a patent.

Olinyk designed a breath-a-phone -- a combination cell phone and alcohol breath analyzer -- for associate professor John Krupczak's semester-long course.

Olinyk estimates the final product would cost about $30 more than a regular cell phone. It's about 20 percent bigger.

Krupczak said the class challenged students to turn their lessons into real design.

"This gives them a real incentive to learn the methods and theories taught in this class and apply them," he said.

http://www.freep.com/news/mich/gadget8_20031208.htm

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I'm not sure if this will catch on, at least as a percussion instrument!

[randissimo]

Congrats on a great review on the show at the Creole Gallery.

I just had one question.

"At one point, Marsh pulled out a little-used contraption Detroit drummer Roy Brooks used to call the “breathaphone” — plastic pipes through which air is sucked in and out of the drums"

Does Randy's "breathaphone" look something like this:

[randissimo]

Ha! No, no, no. That's called a stone-a-phone.