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On Fri, 12 May 2006, goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote: > hey, I wonder if that would work with the thunder-tube I've got..... same > sort of thing, I think..... Almost certainly it would, I think. One issue I had was that the spring flops about hugely, so using the E-Bow without touching the spring was not doable by me, at least in the time I spent with it. So the "use the E-Bow channel as a bridge saddle" trick was the only way I could find to get a sound out of the spring drum. best, Steve B Subscape Annex http://www.subscapeannex.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: burnett@pobox.com [mailto:burnett@pobox.com] > > On Sun, 7 May 2006, Timothy Mungenast wrote: > >> E-bows also work on acoustic instruments and some avant cat in Signal to >> Noise mag even used on a snare drum's springs. > > Tim, thanks for mentioning this: inspired by the above, I took a Remo > spring drum > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002GFS3G/ > > held it suspended by the end of the spring, then applied the E-Bow just > below my hand, bending the spring across the channel of the E-Bow with > very little pressure: just enough for the bottom end of the E-Bow channel > to act as a bridge for the spring. The result was a minimal-attack moan >as > the vibrating spring shook the spring drum head, reminiscent of the wind > sounds in the planet landing sequence of Ridley Scott's _Alien_. Very > cool, thanks.