Sustainable musical instruments

I suppose if I were stuck up north in the frozen tundra all winter that this would be a somewhat entertaining way to pass the time:

Ahaha! I laughed so hard at that last one... Very creative.

The carrots defiantly have the best tone. That first one was really quite impressive, I've heard 30 dollar clay ocarinas who's tone and pitch was way less true than that first carrot!

I've built musical instruments since I was a kid. I'm not a wind instrument player, so I tend towards stringed instruments or percussion instruments.

Many very simple to construct and play instruments can be built "sustainably" from old junk or recycling.

"Canjos" are easy and fun. A canjo is a banjo style instrument made generally of an old can, a stick, some string/wire, and a few bits of hardware:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-a-Canjo/



The "wash tub bass" is a one string instrument made of a metal wash tub (or other suitable barrel, suitcase, car gas tank,etc) , a stick, and a piece of weed whacker string.

http://www.otherpower.com/washtub_bass.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPk12iuv-gQ


Percussion instruments are easy, as anything that can be hit or stuck together is a percussion instrument.
Basically any hollow object with a membrane of some sort stretched across it is a drum.

I've walked through the woods many times and "played" the trees, logs, made whistles out of blades of grass,etc.

Jeanine Gurley wrote:I suppose if I were stuck up north in the frozen tundra all winter that this would be a somewhat entertaining way to pass the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5aUz9cDaCY

that was great, Jeanine...Zappa's 'Call any Vegetable' pops into my head next, though

Judith Browning wrote:
that was great, Jeanine...Zappa's 'Call any Vegetable' pops into my head next, though

Yeah, Really. Why no rutabaga creative Japanese dude?

I love these musical veggie orchestras and instruments. There are so many YouTube videos using music played with vegetables that are fun. I use them for the grandkids who have their favourites they sing along to. They often ask to see if any new ones have come along, great entertainment and learning for rainy days or for sick kids to encourage healthy eating to get well.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vegetable_Orchestra

And then there are pan-pipes made from differing lengths of bamboo (I guess that counts, given bamboo shoots, and it grows like a weed!   Gourds hollowed out and fitted with a string and seed overcoat for percussion accompaniment. That's all I have for now - please add to the list

Indonesia has a bamboo flute and a wooden xylophone;  and we can't forget the Aussie clap sticks, the didgeridoo (although I did temporarily)  and its ?cousin the rainstick, Surely there are more instruments common to indigenous peoples?  Help me out here musos.

Of course if the gig goes bad you can always eat the instruments!