lead in task for "Sound Building"

Over the last few days we've been playing with boxes making instruments. Tuesday we did a small task following instructions to make noises with peices of paper the task was a improviesed version of a preformance. and then started on the task of making instruments using a box as the base and amplification chamber, I

wednesday we soldered up contact microphones,

A surprisingly awesome amount of noise is picked up with the addition of a contact microphone to the boxes, a tinny little string twang becomes a heavier thrash metal noise. more like the gutair its aspiring to be.
The design of mine is currently going through a gender identity crisis with a indecisive form slowly emerging. a fraying line between simplicity and the urge to just tack stuff.

The primary aspect I was looking at was a simple glass bottle, with different ridge textures and patterns and thicknesses. Which was aiming to result in a more ceramic type noise than the stock cardboard box like a electric guido as kick ass as that sounds. unfortunately the bottle is already optimised and the box dosen't add much in the way of significant amplification.

I built a small striker design. a hinge with cotton bud sticks glued to with a elastic band compressing it to the surface when you pull it up and release it makes a noise

i've managed tofind ou the fragility of the contact microphones diapham. when I attempted to move the mic to nearer where the sound was propagating.

heres a short video of one of my tinkers