Stylophone thread

[ugly casanova]

Hello boys and girls.
I've been to a tiny show yesterday. Members of the german band Tocotronic were playing a kind of Dj set with live instrumentation like a Fender Rhodes, acoustic guitars and lots of effects and funny little synthesizer instruments.

But there was one thing that caught my attention. It looked like a little box which fits in one hand and that guy (rick mc phail) was playing it with with a pen. it was definatly analog and it was kind of like a mini version of the martenot but without the string. i believe it works with an aluminum strip and the pen works as a connectior or something like that.
it sounded like a theremin and perhaps its just a midi controller. not sure about that cause it just had a line-out.

[PorkyPrimeCut]

Sounds like a Stylophone...

[PorkyPrimeCut]

Endorsed by Rolf Harris too....



...Must be good!!

[ugly casanova]

exactly! thanks a lot! i hope its not too expensive (but i believe it is..)

[PorkyPrimeCut]

.....i hope its not too expensive (but i believe it is..)

Nah. Not on ebay anyway.

[ugly casanova]

i see. do you have one?
why aren't there clips on youtube of people using it with effect chains?
i want to know if you could make it accually sound more theremin like if you use it with a delay and chorus

[PorkyPrimeCut]

I don't have one but remember them well.

Rolf Harris was on TV a lot when I was a kid & I remember him road-testing it on the telly a few times. There were a few kids at school who had one.

State-of-the-art stuff back then! 

[ugly casanova]

i know but i believe they need a big revival dont you agree? 

[PorkyPrimeCut]

This clip is great....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTQsOQLEeU

....totally reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite.

[nealescott]

those rolf albums are absolutely fantastic, i was just listening to this one...

[jop]

That's a cool instrument. I found a site which sells em for €30.

[Pacafeliz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh_-q51t ... re=related
!!!!

[mezcalhead]

why aren't there clips on youtube of people using it with effect chains?
i want to know if you could make it accually sound more theremin like if you use it with a delay and chorus

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=89mOUDR6zs4

Bowie, using it with delay at least (at the end of the track).

[nealescott]

urban outfitters has em too...
http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/invt/5552424461100

cheap as chips.  well almost.

[Marquischacha]

The original Stylophones from about '73-'75 fetch a fair price now. My dad's one is in the attic....

... somewhere.