Stone artifacts could be Colorado's oldest percussion instruments
Author: Erica Tinsley - September 4, 2018
They were a mystery in Colorado for decades. Large, rounded stones found throughout the San Luis Valley and at the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Now local archaeologists believe they may be Colorado's oldest instruments...
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My modern tool box from Sears came with a set of open end/box end wrenches, that I could string like jewelry or set up on little pads of foam rubber and play like a vibraphone or even a glockenspiel. It wasn't the intention of Sears to make anything but a set of wrenches, or "spanners" if you are reading this in England or a former British Colony, but you can even tune them to proper orchestra pitch with a file.
And a Sears Spark Plug socket was and is the favored slide for many well known slide guitar players, easily acquired and easily replaced. I've used them "in a pinch" more times that I can remember...
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