2/16/2004: Guitar sculpture - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 02-17-2004, 10:49 PM

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Originally posted by mlandman
I know that we need to spend $ on art. But man oh man what a blatant slap in the face to the 'music for kids' programs at struggling underpriviledged schools that could have benefited from a guitar.

Perhaps we'll see a conglomeration of 10,000 useful text books next.

Perhaps I'm stretching a bit here but did anyone else think the same thing?

Maybe there was some due-diligence here and they all had some sort of major defect, like a hole in the back or something.

-mike

No instruments were harmed in the creation of this art.

Torrere · 02-17-2004, 11:55 PM

That doesn't mean that they couldn't have been hurt before the creation of the art.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-18-2004, 10:22 AM

True, but they are being played in this display and my limited contact with this museum convices me they have great respect for the intruments they have amassed.

SteveDallas · 02-18-2004, 11:02 AM

My first student clarinet is now doing duty as the base of a lamp on my nightstand. (I actually had to take it apart and play the clarinet a few years back, when my good horn was in the shop and I had a rehearsal. It was very interesting to go back and play the student instrument after almost 15 years playing a professional-caliber one.)

Uryoces · 02-18-2004, 07:50 PM

I've never been to the EMP. I did pledge my $90.3 dollars to KEXP, 90.3. It's listener supported [mostly], baby! They have a streaming audio link as well, you should all check it out.

[edit]

Paul Allen bought KCMU, the University of WA alternative radio station, and ensconsed them in the EMP as KEXP.

staceyv · 02-26-2004, 11:38 PM

my first thought after looking at this was "damn! what a waste of guitars"

jaclyn8700 · 04-11-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

My first student clarinet is now doing duty as the base of a lamp on my nightstand. (I actually had to take it apart and play the clarinet a few years back, when my good horn was in the shop and I had a rehearsal. It was very interesting to go back and play the student instrument after almost 15 years playing a professional-caliber one.)

i knind of wish my parents had forced me to learn how to play an instrument

Ibby · 04-20-2006, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by staceyv

my first thought after looking at this was "damn! what a waste of guitars"

I so agree. Here's me, saving nickels and dimes to buy some wood to make my own guitar, and BOOM, here's 600 guitars just stuck on some pipes. I mean really!

gen131 · 04-20-2006, 10:38 AM

Wow! I've hung 5 of my guitars on the wall for easy access as well as asthetics with a musical theme to my living room, but this is insane. Sure, maybe it plays some music, but for the most part, every one of those guitars is useless if you can't pull one down and experience the joy of playing it, or watch someone master its strings, or sing along in the creation of musical praise.

I'm not sure how this towering mass helps contribute to world peace or the furthering of humanity, but I guess we all have the freedom to waste our money if we want. So if some guy wants to tower with a bunch of guitars and call it art, then more power to him, but I'm sure I can think of many more aspiring musicians, and under priveleged children who could benefit more by receiveing one of those instruments, rather than seeing it imprisoned on that cage.

BigV · 04-26-2006, 01:37 AM

I have played this (these) instrument(s).

Ibby · 04-26-2006, 01:47 AM

Is it bad that I can identify the maker and model of half those guitars even from that shot?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-26-2006, 04:35 AM

Hey V, good to see ya.

dar512 · 04-26-2006, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

Is it bad that I can identify the maker and model of half those guitars even from that shot?

Not bad. But probably expensive.

nyet · 05-06-2006, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

Not bad. But probably expensive.

"HA HA HA" is not witty banter.

so true about the ha ha ha

02-18-2004, 10:22 AM	#18
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	True, but they are being played in this display and my limited contact with this museum convices me they have great respect for the intruments they have amassed. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-18-2004, 07:50 PM	#20
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	I've never been to the EMP. I did pledge my $90.3 dollars to KEXP, 90.3. It's listener supported [mostly], baby! They have a streaming audio link as well, you should all check it out. [edit] Paul Allen bought KCMU, the University of WA alternative radio station, and ensconsed them in the EMP as KEXP. __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

04-20-2006, 10:38 AM	#24
gen131 One size doesnt fit all Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 10	wow! Wow! I've hung 5 of my guitars on the wall for easy access as well as asthetics with a musical theme to my living room, but this is insane. Sure, maybe it plays some music, but for the most part, every one of those guitars is useless if you can't pull one down and experience the joy of playing it, or watch someone master its strings, or sing along in the creation of musical praise. I'm not sure how this towering mass helps contribute to world peace or the furthering of humanity, but I guess we all have the freedom to waste our money if we want. So if some guy wants to tower with a bunch of guitars and call it art, then more power to him, but I'm sure I can think of many more aspiring musicians, and under priveleged children who could benefit more by receiveing one of those instruments, rather than seeing it imprisoned on that cage.

04-26-2006, 01:37 AM	#25
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I have played this (these) instrument(s). __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-26-2006, 04:35 AM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hey V, good to see ya. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-17-2004, 11:55 PM	#17
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	That doesn't mean that they couldn't have been hurt before the creation of the art.

02-18-2004, 11:02 AM	#19
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	My first student clarinet is now doing duty as the base of a lamp on my nightstand. (I actually had to take it apart and play the clarinet a few years back, when my good horn was in the shop and I had a rehearsal. It was very interesting to go back and play the student instrument after almost 15 years playing a professional-caliber one.)

02-26-2004, 11:38 PM	#21
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	my first thought after looking at this was "damn! what a waste of guitars"

04-26-2006, 01:47 AM	#26
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Is it bad that I can identify the maker and model of half those guitars even from that shot?

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