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Just finished! Ceiling-Mounted Spinning Double Horn Speaker
One day about a year ago I received a call from Jack White. He inquired about a Janus spinning double horn speaker. He said that he wanted me to turn it upside down and hang it from the ceiling. After...
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Specimen @ SOFA 2012 Art Expo
[S]pecimen exhibited for the first time at the SOFA Art Expo in Chicago. The SOFA (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art & Design) exhibit has been presented in Chicago for the past 19 years and...
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Making 3-D Checkerboard Binding for Custom Tele
This Tele-style instrument is a commission for a local guitar player. It has an alder body with a book-matched flame-maple cap. We wanted to take this traditional instrument in a special direction so...
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New Video of Upside Down Spinning Double Horn Speaker
This amp looks like it has been in a time capsule. I would guess it is from the early to mid-1940s. Anybody out there have a clue? The tubes are unfamiliar and the socket pin count is squirrel-y, with...
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Penland School of Crafts – A Mountain Oasis
At the beginning of April, I spent a week at the Penland School of Crafts, where I was invited to be a visiting artist. I have hung out in many foundries and ‘smithees’ in my time, but I have never...
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Gimbal Audio Horn Speakers taking shape, part 1
The Gimbal Horn is Specimen’s newest horn speaker. This speaker will be mounted on the ceiling and suspended using a yoke so that it can ‘gimbal’ (or rotate up and down and side to side). It seemed to...
View ArticleIan Schneller and his horns
Here is a video made by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago surrounding the 2011 Sonic Arboretum at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.The post Ian Schneller and his horns appeared first on...
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A New Sonic Arboretum at ICA Boston
REVIEW BY STEVE FRIEDMANMost artists don’t record in canyons.But Andrew Bird did, and it can be heard being played through over 30 colorful, Dr. Seuss-like speakers at the Institute of Contemporary...
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ICA Calla Audio Horns
The ICA “Calla” a new special edition Specimen audio horn & sat sub wooferFrom the ICA website:Sculptor/instrument-maker Ian Schneller and composer/violinist Andrew Bird share a fascination with...
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Andrew Bird Gezelligheid Holiday Shows, 2015
Photos by Katie HovlandAndrew Bird ushered in the holiday season in this majestic setting at Fourth Presbyterian Church in downtown Chicago. The shows debuted our brand new version of the Extra Large...
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Specimen Audio – Special Hornlet Exhibition 2012 Columbia College
June 2012 Specimen Horn Speakers created for Columbia College’s Book + Paper Arts Exhibit Columbia College commissioned Specimen to participate in a special exhibition titled Material Assumptions:...
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Guitar Making – Amontillado Luddite Acoustic-Electric Guitar
The quest for an acoustic-electric instrument that sounds great and is useful on stage without troublesome feedback has puzzled luthiers since the PA system was invented. The focus of this newest...
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