Are you interested in acoustic instrument building ?

[Saif Bunni]

Hello All,

I am really interested in starting a small committed group to meet at the London Hackspace weekly or monthly specifically to discuss, build and show off hand/machine made acoustic instruments. These don't necessarily have to comply with the traditional understanding of a 'musical' or a 'tonal' instrument, i.e. we could build noise instruments acoustically, just like Luigi Russolo's Art of Noises sort of thing or more recently, work like Dan Wilson's Miraculous Agitations. Likewise, this group may also focus on instruments that are cheaply made from recycles parts, objects lying about in the house, etc...

If this goes well, and there is enough interest, we can start inviting more known instrument builders to come and show us the way. This could be quite fun! If you are really interested in this, please make this known by replying to this.

Best Wishes, 

Saif

[tgreer]

Have you looked at the music hackspace?

[Zachary Eastop]

[Zachary Eastop]

Hey I'd love to do a monthly class! I have been looking into starting to make instruments by myself but this sounds like a great idea! 

[Tim Yates]

I'm definitely up for this.

Tim

On Saturday, 16 November 2013 23:26:22 UTC, Saif Bunni wrote:

[Saif Bunni]

Ok great stuff. Sorry for the late reply, Its been a really busy week. So far, there are three people interested [including you], which is a great start. It would be great to know what you guys do, are you just interested in this, or you are a hobbyist of this sort of stuff, etc... I don't know if I should start like a conversation/discussion somewhere else than here, but problem I don't know where to do that. The whole point of that I am thinking It would be nice to have a balanced group in terms of skills and variety. For example, It may be ideal to have someone who is great at crafting wood, and another who is good with metal, etc... So if we are missing such a person, we can find one. 

I am for example a hobbyist maker, who is yet to finish making an instrument. I have few detailed designs/ideas and sketches in my book, that I would love to make, some of which are half way through in the making process. I am primarily a student/musician studying 'sound' ,etc... I will leave my email below. I will set a date as soon as I can for an initial meeting, for which I will prepare some material we can go through.

Saif 

saif...@gmail.com

On Saturday, 16 November 2013 23:26:22 UTC, Saif Bunni wrote:

[Zachary Eastop]

I am a trumpet and cornetto player interested in making renaissance woodwind and brass. I have experience turning wood and have done a lot of research into designs of instruments.  

[chrisbob12]

I'm interested, but have little time to make it to the hackspace.
I've been building a spinet for the last few years, much of it on courses at West Dean College. Apart from the skills and knowledge I've picked up on that kind of instrument, I've also had the opportunity to work alongside others building a range of other instruments.
I'm also interested in developing some electroacoustic instruments inspired by the stuff from folktek, though it's not a priority.
I've also built various bits and pieces for electronic music, and am seeing how far I can go with the diy project at madronalabs.com

So, I'm happy to contribute though probably in a more virtual sense.

[Tim Yates]

I'm an improvising musician and am interested in building new instruments that open up new possibilities for my own performances. The more open and further away from traditional instrument technique the better.

My instrument making skills currently consist of hammering nails into planks of wood, but I'm hoping to expand ;) One of the ideas I'm interested in is making playable, versatile and interesting instruments for under £5 (eg diddley bows, which I'm currently more than a little obsessed with).

How about we organise a date to meet and go from there? Personally I'd rather do once a month as I'm unlikely to be able to make once a week .

Cheers,

Tim 

[Saif Bunni]

Ok awsome, we now have 3 people interested here, and 2 others from this music hackspace thread. Very healthy number, and a nice variety and It looks like all of you are quite vocal, which is great. We can maybe collectively build out of this world instruments from like what's lying around the hackspace tim. I am really looking forward to it. 

How about we meet on Tuesday 10th Dec 7pm. 

If the date/time doesn't suit you, suggest another! Saif 

[Saif Bunni]

oh by the way, that folktek stuff is mad.

[Saif Bunni]

I am thinking to expand this group's vision by changing just acoustic to electro acoustic. It's still mainly sound produced acoustically but obviously that can be integrated with electronics to either amplify, provide power supply, trigger, etc...  but not to go as far as all digital sound. And guys from this music hackspace thread have agreed on Tuesday 10th Dec 7 pm as an ideal time. So would be good to hear if It's good time for you or not. Saif 

On Saturday, 16 November 2013 23:26:22 UTC, Saif Bunni wrote:

[tgreer]

You know our main social evening is on Tuesday's at this time? Just want to make sure you know as it might be a bit busy.

[Tim Yates]

I usually work on a Tuesday evening so they're more or less off limits for me I'm afraid. I could do Wednesday of Thursday that week though.

Electro is fine by me!

BTW, have you checked out the Playwood group? Meeting every Wednesday to make stuff out of wood. I went this week - lots of fun and a pretty big crossover with building instruments ...

T

[Saif Bunni]

Yes thanks for reminding me, yes tuesday is the open evening thing. Let's bounce some more dates around, how about Thursday 12th Dec or even weekends ? Like Saturday and sunday afternoons ?. Saif 

On Saturday, 16 November 2013 23:26:22 UTC, Saif Bunni wrote:

[Tim Yates]

Thursday 12th works for me. Weekends during the day are no good for me as I have young kids, but Sunday evenings would be perfect.

T

[Martin Dittus]

Have you tried setting up a doodle for pickign the first date? May be quicker than trying to negotiate across two different mailing lists. (Unless you've already decided.)

http://doodle.com/ -- it's quick & simple, no signup needed.

m.

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[Tim Yates]

Good idea. I've done one in case it's useful:

http://doodle.com/y58a4pwbasbw7zz7

I've put slots for every evening between the 11th and 22nd December with afternoon slots for the weekends. Let me know if you want it changed ...

T

[Saif Bunni]

Thanks Tim, yes looks like a neat app. Guys if you want to head over there and put your availability or if you just agree on a day like Thursday 12th Dec, that would be great. 

On Saturday, 16 November 2013 23:26:22 UTC, Saif Bunni wrote:

[chrisbob12]

I can make 12th December, but cannot commit to other dates at the moment: it's a pretty hectic time of year for me. I've updated the Doodle. I assume that the meet is scheduled for 7pm, but would be delighted if it could be earlier: 6 or 6:30 start would reduce the amount of time I'd have to hang around after work.

If people are interested, I could bring the following as talking points:

• Workshop drawings of the spinet I'm working on, and maybe some pictures;
• Ronald Roberts book: Musical Instruments - Made to be played (it has plans for simple instruments)
• Richard Orton book: Electronic Music for Schools (the chapter by Hugh Davies has some interesting ideas)

Regards, Chris.
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[Martin Dittus]

On 25 Nov 2013, at 07:54, chrisbob12 <chris...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> If people are interested, I could bring the following as talking points:
> • Workshop drawings of the spinet I'm working on, and maybe some pictures;
> • Ronald Roberts book: Musical Instruments - Made to be played (it has plans for simple instruments)
> • Richard Orton book: Electronic Music for Schools (the chapter by Hugh Davies has some interesting ideas)

There's also this, a modern classic for DIY music makers:
http://www.nicolascollins.com/handmade.htm

m.

[Chris Brasted]

Good call! I shall inform Santa.

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[Tim Yates]

I think that everyone's filled in the poll now judging by the numbers Saif mentioned earlier. If you haven't done it yet, now might be the perfect time!

http://doodle.com/y58a4pwbasbw7zz7

Otherwise we have a dilemma as a different 5 out of 6 can make it for the 12th and the 19th ...

Tim

[Saif Bunni]

sweet tim, thanks for the great help. I think there is one or two left from music hackspace thread aswell. Sounds great though. I won't be around the hackspace much these days because I've got multiple uni deadlines stuff. Saif 

[chrisbob12]

For some reason, I thought we were meeting tomorrow evening. Clearly a senior moment.

I've removed myself from the doodle because I have a prior engagement that evening (carols at Lewisham Hospital) which will probably finish earlyish, but will  make for a very compressed evening. Realistically, December is booked to the hilt for me, and something in the new year would start to be doable for me.

[Tim Yates]

Shall we say the 19th then?

Chris, I guess we'll see you in the new year! Happy Christmas ;) And sing a tune for me at the lovely and amazingly open Lewisham Hospital!

Tim

[Saif Bunni]

Thursday 19th Dec it is. Looking forward to it. Saif 

[Saif Bunni]

Dear Crazy Instrumentalists and robots,

I think you all know. But Thursday 19th Dec will be the designated date for our first meeting. This will be the start of new chapter in your lives, as this group embarks on this new journey of discovery of inner secrets of matter as we know it. Please bring yourselves among other interesting ideas you have in your head, and maybe bring something you've built and also some beer or something equivelant.

[Saif Bunni]

As the first meeting is approaching (this thursday 19th dec) at the London Hackspace, I'll leave my number below in case if you get lost, etc... 

Saif - 07776448855

[Paddy Duncan]

In case you don't know, this Thursday is Music Hackspace Xmas drinks night at Troy Organic ..
Paddy

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[Tadeo Sendon]

Indeed, thanks Paddy. 

There has been a bit of miscommunication here. 

Happy to hear about this working group and the MHS will definitely support it. 

Music Hackspace Xmas drinks is this Thursday 19th Dec at Troyganic, from 8.30 onwards (https://www.facebook.com/events/411203572316507/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular). 

Not sure about what time Saif's group will finish, but will be great if you can come after. 

All the best for the new year, 

Tadeo

[Saif Bunni]

Oh it seems I havn't mentioned the time, I think 7 pm would be good as most of you are available in the evening. So 7 pm would be ideal for most of you I hope. so be there at 7 pm.  

[Chris Brasted]

Work Christmas do that evening. Have a great inaugural meeting, and hope to catch up in the new year.

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[Saif Bunni]

Hello Everyone! 

Many thanks for everyone who came to the last meeting on Thursday. It was small, cosy and full of ideas. The main idea is to get down to the nitty gritty of making an instrument in the next meeting. So in order to contain all your awesome design ideas, we are trying to come up with a modular solution, where the main resonant 'body' of the instrument is made to accomodate different modules by some sort of special body contact design. This way, we can end up with one epic instrument of significant size and variety of amazing timbral qualities. 

It is important at this point to show your commitment to this or lack of by sending me your email, so I can invite you to a shared folder, where the designs will be shared, among with other goodies. It is likely our next meeting is in Jan. I will be uploading dimensions of the wood panels I have, and the design sometime soon. I believe Tim at some point will create a doodle to check your availability. 

I'll be back, but for now, I wish you all a great Christmas. Saif 

[Chris Brasted]

Anyone interested in hacking (or reviving) a violin? It's been sitting in my loft for exactly that purpose for the best part of twenty years. It's a very entry level Chinese student model probably 3/4 size. No strings, so the tailpiece is loose, but, amazingly, the soundpost is still in place. Bridge is gone (they are only ever wedged in place, anyway) and the area where the bridge should sit is a bit chewed up on one side. Tuning pegs are all there. There's a manky old case which provides minimal protection.

Not sure how it plays to the modular ideas, but it provides a nice wooden resonant cavity made of a half decent tonewood, and tuning pegs and holes (which would be hard to make well), plus a finger board.

Happy New Year to all.

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[Saif Bunni]

Yes, it's definitely useful, especially the tuning pegs. I've been trying to find some guitars for free to take apart and use. It would be great to bring it to the next meeting. 

[Saif Bunni]

Hello All,

I hope you've all had a great Christmas and new year. I would like to invite you all to place your availability here. Please do that as soon as you can. I've created a folder and a document to which I've invited some, so if you want an invite, please email me your email. This folder is important because we can share designs and we can get on with the build on the next meeting, so please respond to your invite, It is very vital to this group. And any problems with the doodle, please get back to me.

All the Best, 

[Nigel Worsley]

> I would like to invite
> you all to place your availability here.

You didn't really mean to have all the slots as "7:00 AM - 9:00 AM" did you?

Nigle

[Saif Bunni]

Edit: In addition, you're all encouraged to attend PLAYWOOD regular Wednesday meetings, where wood crafting is taught. I'll certainly try my best to attend these. These are necessary skills for acoustic design. 

[chrisbob12]

For the avoidance of doubt, violin tuning pegs are quite different to the machine heads you find on guitars.

[Will]

If you'd like to join PL(A)YWOOD, sign up to our google group and come along on a Wednesday at 7pm.  We normally meet downstairs opposite the dusty workshop.  The first session of the year will be on the 8th January 2014.

Will

[Saif Bunni]

note we may not be able to meet on sun 26th because hackspace is being repainted. we'll probably meet before that happens!

[Saif Bunni]

Looks like Sun 19th Jan would be a great time. Brilliant, I might leave the Doodle open just a little longer.

[Saif Bunni]

Hello All, 

The Final date for this meeting will be SUNDAY 19TH JAN 7pm - 9pm. I will hope to see you all there, bring whatever you have made or you think might be useful for instrument building. It is possible we might just start building at this meeting! Exciting stuff. Saif 

[Saif Bunni]

Hello Everyone, 

Huge thanks for the people who showed up this meeting. A wealth of knowledge was shared, and loads of design ideas for the 'modular' concept were suggested. I'll be updating the Dropbox folder with some of these ideas, plus if you want to join the folder, send me your email ! See you till the next time which will probably be thursday 20th or the sunday. 

[Saif Bunni]

Hello, Here is the doodle link for next meeting, place your availabilities here, great stuff, amazing. Thanks, Saif [I'll add more days if people can't do these, but it looks like Thursdays are great]. 

[Saif Bunni]

edit: Hello, Here is the doodle link for next meeting, place your availabilities here, great stuff, amazing. Thanks, Saif [I'll add more days if people can't do these, but it looks like Thursdays are great]. 

[Saif Bunni]

Hello All, 

It looks like the final date is Sun 23rd 7pm, I hope to see you all there. It would be great to confirm to me throughout the week if you're coming, I am going to leave my number here. The plan for next meeting is being revisited as we speak (that's just a fancy way of saying I haven't got a clue). No just kidding, we'll just continue with the glorious epic build of the ultimate modular acoustic instrument. Best wishes to all. Saif 07776448855

[Mark Steward]

Hi Saif,

Is this at the Hackspace? If so, I'll add it to the calendar. That way nobody will organise a space re-arrangement day for the same time, and people planning visits can see it on the website.

Cheers,

Mark

On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Saif Bunni <saif...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello All, 

It looks like the final date is Sun 23rd 7pm, I hope to see you all there. It would be great to confirm to me throughout the week if you're coming, I am going to leave my number here. The plan for next meeting is being revisited as we speak (that's just a fancy way of saying I haven't got a clue). No just kidding, we'll just continue with the glorious epic build of the ultimate modular acoustic instrument. Best wishes to all. Saif 07776448855

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[Saif Bunni]

Hello Mark, 

Yes It is at the hackspace, that will be brilliant. Thanks, Saif. 

[Saif Bunni]

Sun 23rd Acoustic Meeting Outcome

Thanks for everyone who showed up to the meeting on sunday (tim!), It was truly an epiphany. This is what we did. 

 Presenting the first ever creation of this group, the hackspace diddly boo, a 2 string instrument with the added bonus of few kalimba/mbira tones on the side. It is a multi-timbrel instrument, truly advanced! 

Hackspace Chimes

Presenting The Hackspace Chimes, uncanny to those tones produced by massive church bells, created by what resembles aluminium table legs! These inspired us through the evening with their ever so soothing tones, and unpredictable harmonics. Briefly, the hack-space was truly heavenly. 

And this is what I envision for this group, few hours of making something which otherwise you'd have had to spent 10s of quids to get. At the same, learning through making, instead of faffing about trying to design something incredibly complex. Anyways next meeting, we may be up to the following: 

- Make your own mallets (those used to hit musical things with, i.e. vibraphones)

- Continue Chimes, possibly build frame.

- Weld together a Mbira like instrument. 

- Play around with motors as way of hitting the chimes and other stuff (yes, we're getting more advanced). 

- Make a general use violin bow.

If you want an invite to the folder which contains some really useful lists, please email me. As for now, I'll be posting the doodle as soon as I can for next meeting. 

So Join us next time.

Best Wishes,

Saif 

[Tim Yates]

Had a great time! Looking forward to making a bit more racket down there next time ... it's amazing what you can do with a few scraps of aluminium!

Tim

[Saif Bunni]

This is the latest doodle for acoustic meeting, sorry about the choice of days, I can add more if needed, please place your availability. Just to re-iterate, this is a workshop, i.e. you come in and you get your hands dirty!

For the workshop this time, we may be doing the following, but It kinda depends on the day and our state of mind: 

- making mallets 
- messing around with using motors/pc fans and using it to hit things! - An artist called Zimoun does such a thing on a humongous scale.
- working with metal [possibly]
- we can also mess around with resonators! and some other stuff from Nicholas Collins' Book

There are documents which I've shared with some include useful household items which may be of great help in doing this workshop. If you send me your email, I can invite you to them. The more stuff we have to mess around with, the better!

Join Us,

Saif 

[Lucia N]

Ok I will try to come along, the motors/pc fans idea sounds interesting.

[Saif Bunni]

Confirmed, the final date Sun 23rd March 7pm, see you there. If possible, please text me later on this week to confirm your coming on the day, sometimes people don't show up even if they've doodled, please it will make my life easier. I'll leave my number here. Anything you think will be of use or help in the workshop, bring it! Saif 07776448855

[Mark Steward]

Added to the calendar.

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Saif Bunni <saif...@gmail.com> wrote:

Confirmed, the final date Sun 23rd March 7pm, see you there. If possible, please text me later on this week to confirm your coming on the day, sometimes people don't show up even if they've doodled, please it will make my life easier. I'll leave my number here. Anything you think will be of use or help in the workshop, bring it! Saif 07776448855

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[Saif Bunni]

Thanks a lot Mark but note this doesn't happen every week, and it's a different date every month! Thanks, I'll post latest update soon! Saif 

[Mark Steward]

That's right - are you seeing any spurious entries in the calendar?

[Saif Bunni]

No actually, looking good. great, I'll let you know the date for next one. Again, huge thanks, I think it helped people come to the meeting/workshop, the turn out was great. Saif  

[Patrick Dent]

I've made a set of what were initially going to be tubular bells, but I didn't have enough pipe so they're more like wind chimes. 

But I have an octave of B5 to B6 (approximately in tune). Here is a video of the bells/chimes/glockenspiel thing: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTARKeEl4Y

[Saif Bunni]

this is great patrick, care to join us in the next meeting? 

[Saif Bunni]

Update: Sunday 23rd meeting 

Special thanks to all who attended the meeting/workshop. It was great seeing many new faces, excited to feel such enthusiasm towards this new era of acoustic revolution. Apologies for no exciting media to show this time, as it was mostly an introductory meeting with few demonstrations. It was obvious many were interested in different things, but majority leaned towards a more 'electro' acoustic approach. We messed about with Motors controlled by arduino (Lucia), Piezo Drivers (i.e. resonators/Nicholas Collins), while Phil passionately expressed his love for such wonderful robotic creatures that play drums and percussion. Others were clearly looking to engage in the art of traditional classic guitar making, which is beautiful indeed. 

Please stay tuned here for latest updates on next meeting, which will probably be next month. I'll make a doodle as soon as I can so you can place your availabilities. Again huge thanks for everyone, and will see you soon. If anyone is interested, I have some shared documents if people want to join, just send me your email, they are helpful for the acoustic stuff. Feel free to make this thread an interesting place for discussion, it doesn't have to be just me saying stuff!

Thanks, 

Saif 

[Saif Bunni]

For the workshop this time, we may be experimenting with the following, but It kinda depends on the day: 

- continue working with motors, fans, piezos and resonators. 
- make simple plate/spring reverb?
- Make general purpose frame for freely hanging things i.e. can be hit freely. 
- Make general purpose resonating chamber.

+ much more! there is a lot to do, and too little time. Please place your availability here. ideas/suggestions and questions, please see official thread on mailing list. Please place your availability via Doodle link below.

Please Place your availabilities here

Thank You!

[Men tar]

Hi Saif,

You may want to mention the name of the workshop (in the subject line atleast) ;) I'm assuming this is for the "acoustic instrument building"?

Cheers
Mentar

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[Saif Bunni]

Sun 27th April 7 pm will be our next meet up at the London Hackspace. Please let me know especially if you are not coming before the date, I'll leave my number for that. The agenda for the meeting is written in the Link . Really looking forward to it. We may have a guest presentation, Yay! (But not sure yet...). Stay tuned here for updates. 

Saif 

07776448855   

[Mark Steward]

Hi Saif,

I've added this to the calendar. You should be aware that it overlaps slightly with the modular synth workshop (which I understand is small), so you may need to work around them for a bit.

As this seems to be a regular thing, I wonder if you'd like to look after the calendar entries yourself? All I do is copy the previous event, and update the "More details" link to point to the latest announcement. I've given you permission - let me know if you get stuck.

Mark

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[Saif Bunni]

thanks alot mark, just added some more details to it, neat. 

QUICK Acoustical UPDATE: Kevin who is working with a custom-made singing bowl to make some sort of electro acoustic sculpture would be showing us what's he's actually doing this Sunday, etc... Definitely worth seeing.  

[Aden]

Saif: Can you please make a mailing list for your group instead of keep spamming this thread.

[Martin Dittus]

Really? I don’t mind the posts here. Others provide regular updates of their activities on the main list too.

I really don’t see how these messages qualify as “spam”.

m.

[Aden]

The thread topic was to gauge interest in a group, and is now being used to organise meetings every week and communicate with members of his group. Once a group is established they should set up their own list for that kind of thing. Giving meaningful updates in a new thread every so often is fine.

[Stephen Lavelle]

(I personally like to see posts on this list about events happening at the Hackspace, but I can understand why some others might not see them necessary).

[Mark Steward]

The fact that it's one thread currently means you can just hit ignore.

Mark

[Saif Bunni]

Yep, I realise this thread is getting big, and a little messy. I've been thinking about this, this group will be getting its own website/list etc...I can't help I am too keen to make this thing work, that's why I try to be consistent in my routine messages. Looking at dates of previous messages, to be honest, they look like at least one month apart unless someone replies. I don't post if it's gibberish, all posts are purely for organisational purposes. This will eventually be migrated externally and promoted across wider channels, I just need some time. Thanks, Saif 

[Saif Bunni]

Huge thanks for everyone who attended Sun 27^th April, It was a very unique meeting. We had guest ‘Kevin’ who is working with a hand-made singing bowl, which when struck properly, can achieve up to 4 minutes of continuous resonance.

In line with his project, there was a sparking interest around various coil designs, such as the ones used as transducers i.e. in speakers. Below you can see what’s called a Tesla Coil (which I wound myself) being used to resonate the bowl, physically changing its shape as a result.  

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Rchrshx1YAs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> 

Along with this, as you can see below, we continued from previous meeting messing with motors. Below you can Arduino to PWM control motor to produce tones, and also an amplifier driving a gentle sine wave into a motor. Steel blades sound amazing!

 

Announcements

We now have our little temporary blog, which will probably at some point turn to a proper website. Everything from updates, announcements, information about future meetings as well as contact info, etc… will be posted here as well as the blog. Name of the blog is also still undecided, if you’ve got an idea, send it through.

Another thing, Acoustic Hacking will be permanently on the last Sunday of each month at 7pm at LHS. This means next meeting will be:

Sun 25^th May 7pm

If this is not the greatest time for you or have other ideas, please do contact me or Tim. Agenda for next meeting will be up soon. Again, huge thanks for Kevin and everyone who attended this time.

Join us in next meeting, 

acousticlondon.tumblr.com 

Saif - saif...@gmail.com

 

[Martin Dittus]

On 2 May 2014, at 19:51, Saif Bunni <saif...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Another thing, Acoustic Hacking will be permanently on the last Sunday of each month at 7pm at LHS. This means next meeting will be:
>
> Sun 25th May 7pm

That's great! Do you have access to the calendar? Otherwise I can add it (as a recurring event.)

https://london.hackspace.org.uk/events/

m.

[Saif Bunni]

I think I have access, I'll try update it as soon as I can. Thanks a lot. 

[Saif Bunni]

Hello Martin, 

I am confused a little. The /events page of the London Hackspace website has changed a little, and I can't seem to know where I am able to add an event to the calendar. If it's possible you can add the following as a recurring event for every last sunday of the month, or at least just for next one really.

Piezos, motors, microphones, wood, steel, aluminium, rubber balls, bows, bowls, strings, springs, popsicle sticks, dental floss, horse hair, bicycle wheels, forks and spoons, nails, balloons and tuning pegs. Join us for acoustic hacking workshops happening every last sunday of the month. Visit acousticlondon.tumblr.com for latest updates or find us on the mailing list.  

would highly appreciate it, doesn't matter if it's not re occuring. Thanks alot, Saif. 

On Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:24:35 UTC+1, Martin Dittus wrote:

[Martin Dittus]

Done, and recurring. It’ll take a while until it shows up on the new events page, but it’s already in the Google Calendar feed.

(Just send me a direct email if you ever need to make changes.)

m.

[Saif Bunni]

Martin, huge thanks, perfect!

[Saif Bunni]

Quick Reminder: Sun 25th May 7pm is next meeting. We may have a guest DSP/Acoustics engineer [not confirmed]. 

Agenda is: 

- continue working with motors, fans, piezos and resonators.

- make simple plate/spring reverb?

- we could also design and weld together a small instrument. 

- hook stuff to frame. 

Join us, and any queries, visit acousticlondon.tumblr.com or email saif...@gmail.com

[Stephen Lavelle]

Saif,

Thanks for this - had a good time - interesting + varied crowd that turned up :)

Peace,

Stephen

anal...@gmail.com

[Saif Bunni]

Hello stephen, 

thanks for coming. remind me when you see me to give you some of those wood insert thread to make a frame, it makes making the frame a lot easier! see you. saif 

[Saif Bunni]

Update is up from last meeting on the blog: acousticlondon.tumblr.com 

Next meeting/workshop is 

Sun 29th June 

Will be great! probably a guest will be announced soon. 

Check us out on the London Hackspace calendar as well.

Join us!

Saif 

[Saif Bunni]

OK, keep in mind, there is going to be a synth module workshop same day, we'll probably have to come up with some sort of room arrangement, but should be fine. 

[Sarah Simmonds]

"Are you interested in acoustic instrument building?"

I've been asked this question so many times it's lost all sense and meaning. You have a blog now and should have established a group of followers. Can you please update them through your own channels rather than constantly broadcast to thousands of people who've shown no interest? Subgroups have their own mailing lists for a reason.

[Men tar]

I have to agree with Sarah, using your own mailgroup with occasional "hey, we did this" email to the main list would be better than constantly resurrecting an irrelevant thread that's going out to 2k+ people. It takes a few seconds to setup the google group (link). Then just add yourselves to the wiki subgroup page.