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Re: Clarinet Lamps

Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2003-03-26 14:12

Turning old, tired instruments into lamps is certainly much less objectionable then, say, welding them into fountains or sculptures of locomotives.

After seeing a band director friend's office lamp made from an old military system oboe, I took an old microphone stand and turned my metal marching clarinet into a lamp. This started a trend, so now my living room is entirely illuminated by recycled instruments. There is also a flute with an oak base, but the masterpiece so far is a trombone wall lamp - pulling the slide turns on a large globe in the bell.

My only rule is that the instrument is not altered in the conversion. I still have the end plug for the flute, and the t-bone is held onto its oak plaque with oak clamps.

A friend had the bell replaced on her daughter's french horn some years ago. After having hung from a water pipe in her basement for several decades, she gave me the old bell to do something with, and almost all the parts are ready to turn it into a wall lamp / objet-d'arte. I got one of those fiber optic lamps that changes color, and this will go in the bell.

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