Re: [Harp-L] Re stomp box

[Gary Calahan <glcalahan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm!

A 1/4"x 12x12" ply mountet on a similar sized 1/2" 12x12. And with a hard
rubber spacer at a hinge point, 1/4 inch space would do the same thing!

Again....I want to busk......stomp......and make noise!

"A careless word may kindle strife, a cruel word may wreck a life, a timely
word may level stress and a Loving Word may Heal and Bless."

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On Feb 22, 2011 12:28 PM, <ritterbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sounds to me as though you want  to build an accoustic stomp box??? I
remember being taught that in the old "Punch and Judy" puppet shows they
wanted the stick the puppets hit each other with to produce a loud noise,
without actually hitting the puppets hard and risking damage to them.  They
discovered that if they took two thin slats, with a portion of one as a
spacer at the bottom of the stick, it looked like a solid stick, but when
they hit the puppet with it, the two sticks slapped together and produced a
louder noise than a solid stick, hence the name "slapstick" comedy.  I
wonder if you could make something like that work as a foot actuated
percussion divice, without an amplifier, which I believe was your goal?

Bruce K Ritter
A careless word may kindle strife, a cruel word may wreck a life, a timely
word may level stress, a loving word may heal and bless.