Rehearsal day!
A different day today. I am part of a theatrical and musical project called the Pyrophone Juggernaut, which is the world’s largest fire organ (see the website here). Today we had a rehearsal for an upcoming gig. We added in some new pieces which are sounding great! It is a great crew to work with, always feels like being with family when we get together… The pyrophone is still being sorted and put together before it needs to be shipped off. Here are some photos of this amazing project, a creation by instrument designer and maker Steve Langton, who uses second hand materials like pool filters, mag wheels, chemical drums and other (large) waste to make amazing sounding and looking musical contraptions!
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- The drum kit
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- Metallophone
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- Work in progress at the moment
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- Pool filters with an amazing sound
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- 4 octave thongaphone
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- The Mags
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- Pyrophone setup from behind (in Taiwan 2013)
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- The Pyrophone Juggernaut in action!
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Author: Zaia Kendall
Zaia grew up in a family of musicians in Holland, and has a background in top sport (snow skiing) and web development and design. She co-founded the PRI Luganville and PRI Sunshine Coast Inc (now PermEco Inc.) with Tom, and runs the “invisible structures”, like finances, business administration, website design and maintenance, writes articles, records and edits videos and also organises the cooking and the kitchen on site. She assists Tom in running the Kendall Permaculture Farm and supervising other volunteers. She also specialises in consulting and advice for smaller scale properties (up to 5 acres). She has researched and studied nutrition and health for 20+ years, has a certificate in Nutrition and continues to study by research, reading and daily observation. She is an active member of several musical projects and bands, involved in community music and runs percussion and marimba workshops, is the percussion leader for the Woodford Folk Festival People’s Orchestra and composes as well as plays music. She is passionate about community music and loves seeing people discover that they can play!
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