
NEW (5-4-09) CLICK
HERE TO HEAR THE FIRST HALO RELEASED -- GREAT SOUNDING!!
NEWER (5-6-09) CLICK
HERE TO HEAR "IMAGINEYE" PLAYING HIS NEW HALO
NEW: Spike Finch in California has just started selling very nice "Zen Tambours"
which are a very artistic and acoustically enhanced version of my hank drum.
I have obtained one of his instruments and have uploaded a short YouTube video
of me playing it. CLICK
HERE to watch this YouTube video.
Beautiful little thing!
Click
HERE for more information
| MY OWN Music Related Articles | OTHERS' Music Related Articles |
| Links to Other Musical Sites | Some Genealogical information |
| How to Play Bagpipes - Amazing Grace | Links to Miscellaneous Sites |
.....CLICK HERE FOR INFO ABOUT AN EXPANDED, CD VERSION OF MY WEBPAGE CONTAINING NEARLY 800 PHOTOS, 57 SOUND SAMPLES & SEVERAL SHORT VIDEOS,THAT WON'T FIT ON MY ONLINE WEBPAGE. $10.00 POSTPAID (If outside of US & Canada, click here). PAYMENT NOW ACCEPTED WITH "PAYPAL"
ACE CRAFTSMAN DAVID KRONBERG HAS MADE AVAILABLE BLUEPRINTS/PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTING THREE DIFFERENT STYLES OF VERY HIGH-CLASS HURDY GURDIES. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OBTAINING DAVE'S PLANS
NEW: CLICK HERE for a short YouTube video showing several of my instruments being played
NEW STUFF (past year or two): Fiddle-Gurdy; northern Michigan Kora;
MUSIC RELATED ARTICLES (other folk's articles &
ideas)
Copyright 2008 Dennis Havlena
zucchini "clarinet"; helium-tank "Tambiro"; LP-tank mini-Tambiro; 2-1/2 octave
conduit Xylophone; Kid's conduit Xylophone; big Tambiro from a new 20lb LP tank;
Hang-Drum/PVC tube hybrid; Stringed hang drum like instrument; Propane-tank HANK DRUM;
5-string "Uke-jo"; Home-made Esraj; Simple Key-Change Chart
GOURD BANJO; Ake-Bono Scale PVC instrument inspired by the HALO & HANG drum
CELLO-BANJO; 3 instruments in one (banjo, bazoukey & tenor guitar) conversion
Hank drum pitched & scaled same as a Halo

BAGPIPE:
BANJO:
BASS:
BOWED PSALTERY:
DIDJERIDU:
FIDDLE:
GUITAR (& GUITAR CONVERSIONS):
HAMMERED DULCIMER:
HANG DRUM (INSTRUMENTS THAT PLAY SIMILAR TO A HANG DRUM):
TAMBIROS -- VERY NEAT INSTRUMENTS MADE FROM VARIOUS
HELIUM & PROPANE TANKS:
HURDY GURDY:
INDIAN INSTRUMENTS:
KALIMBA/MBIRA
KORA:
MANDOLIN (OCTAVE):
MUSICAL SAW:
MUSICAL STRINGS:
NON-MUSICAL INVENTIONS & IDEAS:
ODD NOISEMAKERS AND IDEAS:
ORIGINAL MUSIC:
PENNYWHISTLES, FLUTES & FIFES:
XYLOPHONES:


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