Paulo Salmaci
Founder and director of Rádio Sucata.
Musician, music educator, researcher, music producer and luthier.
“People are enchanted when they are faced with a disposable object that produces sounds similar to those of conventional musical instruments. This is what happened to me, when I made the first instrument using materials that would go to waste”
Creation of musical instruments using typical disposable materials
Why building musical instruments?
The goal here is to find out to what extent materials considered garbage by society can produce musical sounds.
How are musical instruments made?
The basis of this process is the selection of materials that cannot be used conventionally in traditional instruments, such as wood or leather.
Another point is that both materials, tools and techniques must be easily accessible.
The results?
You can check it below
VIDEOS
Checkout some of our experiments
Berimbau
Pvc pipe, car tire wire and soda plastic bottle.
Caxixi
Braided from soda pet bootle and mayonnaise lids
Cavaco
Biscuit tin body, broomstick arm and bicycle brake
Ukulelê
Biscuit tin body, broomstick arm and bicycle brake
Surdo
Paper and brass barrel bass drums
Triangle
Instrument made of rebar (construction iron)
Snare drum
Paper barrel and radiography membrane
Chimes
Keys, caps and machine coffee capsules
Tamborim
Preserve can and pet bottle membrane
Ocean drum
Gallon of water, X-ray membrane and bearing balls
Can bass
Soda cans, pet bottles and preserve cans
Timbal
Traffic cone and radiography membrane
Congas
Beer brass barrel with x-ray sheet membrane and banner
Guitar
Instrument with body made from water gallons and discs, arm from broomstick and strings from bicycle brake steel
Bongo
Tin drums with pet plastic membrane and plastic feed bag
Carrirola
Chime of keys and bottle metal lids, to be played with drumsticks
Vibraslap
Rebar and Tic-Tac packaging
Headless tambourine
Crown from beer barrel and soda cans
Xequere
Shaker made from plastic pet bootle and tin seals
Headed tambourine
Water gallon body, x-ray sheet and soda cans
Repique
Paint can and PET bottle plastic membrane
Berimbau
Made with pvc pipe, wire and plastic bottle
Balafon
Ceramic keys and resonant cans
Rain stick
Cans, wires and stuffing of several different materials
Caxixi
Braided ribbons made from pet bottle and canning or mayonnaise cap
Balavaco
Body from biscuit can,arm from broomstick and strings from bicycle brake steel
Tambores de jongo
Bass drums PVC with radiography plate membrane and plastic bag
Tubak
Paper tube with plastic bottle pet membrane
PHOTOS
Drums
The drums can be made from plastic, cans, strong cardboard paper or glass bodies, and membranes can be made from plastic bottle or radiography sheet
Rattles
Rattles of the most diverse models
Percussive keyboards
Percussive keyboards with glass or ceramic keys
Plucked strings
Instruments made from bicycle brake wires , with metrics extracted from conventional models
Others
Other miscellaneous categories
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