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This is clip of one of Lou Harrison’s sets of tin cans most likely used for premier performances of Third Construction and Imaginary Landscape No. 2 (a.k.a. Fourth Construction at the premier…). See the photo above.
Here is the photo of Harrison’s sistrum. It’s a bit smaller than similar instruments I have seen (only about 8” long) but sounds great.
Here is a clip of another historically important percussion instrument that Lou Harrison often used. This is one of his sistrums that is most well known for its use in Double Music (a joint work composed by both Harrison and John Cage). Take a look at the picture posted above.
Spun-steel brake drum from the Lou Harrison Percussion Instrument Collection @ Mills College (check out the audio clip below…)
This is a clip of an old spun-steel brake drum. The part is likely from a Ford Model-A of the late 1920’s. I own a set that are shaped and sound exactly like this one. As I tweeted earlier, this is the Stradivarius of found instruments!
Listen to the length of the decay (I actually mute the drum towards the end of the clip). Very different from the modern brake drums we are used to playing/hearing…
