{"id":15283,"date":"2013-01-10T11:08:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T17:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15283"},"modified":"2013-01-10T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T17:08:26","slug":"instruments-made-out-of-recycled-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/instruments-made-out-of-recycled-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Music from Instruments Made Out of Recycled Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, I toyed around with writing a post on an old DIY project from <em>Mother Earth News<\/em>: a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherearthnews.com\/do-it-yourself\/build-your-own-mandolin-zmaz85zsie.aspx\">mandolin made from a ham can<\/a>. I ultimately decided that, even though sustainablog readers love <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2012\/10\/new-uses-for-old-things-10-ways-to-repurpose-old-items\/\">upcycling<\/a>, that a project like that was just a little too niche.<\/p>\n<p>Then I came across this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teaser of the upcoming documentary film &quot;Landfill Harmonic&quot;\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fXynrsrTKbI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Amazing! Who&#8217;d have thought you could get that kind of sound from trash? I think my judgment about the &#8220;hamdolin&#8221; was off &#8211; a story like this could make crafting instruments from trash as popular as, say, <a href=\"http:\/\/craftingagreenworld.com\/2012\/04\/09\/review-knit-picks-full-circle-yarn\/\">knitting<\/a> or gardening.<\/p>\n<p>The video above is a trailer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/landfillharmonicmovie\">a documentary in production<\/a> about The Recycled Orchestra. If you&#8217;re intrigued, check out filmmakers\u00a0Alejandra Nash &amp; Juliana Penaranda-Loftus&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativevisions.org\/get-involved\/cap\/landfill-harmonic\">page at the Creative Visions Foundation<\/a> for more details, and ways you can help get this film made. You can also keep track of their progress on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/landfillharmonicmovie\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LandfillHarmoni\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, now I&#8217;m inspired: hit me with your own homemade instrument stories, projects, etc.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dothegreenthing.com\/blog\/the_landfill_harmonic_orchestra\">Do the Green Thing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.good.is\/posts\/landfill-harmonic-making-music-from-trash-in-a-paraguay-slum\/\">GOOD<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117081365471848475064\/posts\/HkcU2SxNB35\">Live Simply, Live Free! at Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured image credit:<\/strong> Screen capture from &#8220;Landfill Harmonic teaser&#8221; video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think a musical instrument made from junked material will sound like, well, junk? 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