1-string can fiddle. aka canophone. pretty easy to make, but a bit tricky to play.  I could make you one...for a price...

as simple as it gets. a broom handle and a can, a string and a guitar tuner.  The bridge on this one was a cigar tube but it needs replacing.  Below is a variation on this theme where I cut a bunch of cans up to make a horn shape and riveted them together.  The bigger bell on this one makes it project more and the rivets make a cool distorted rattling sound on certain notes.  The medicine cabinet and crutch bass is really fun to play but rather quiet.  It's got a mic jammed under the fingerboard  for extra juice.  I made a whole range of these a couple of years ago. Probably about 10 or 12 in all the smallest being about a foot long and the biggest being the bass.  I have shown these pieces in the window at downtown sounds in Northampton a couple of times.  Still looking forward to starting a band with them.  Any takers? The Tin String Cantette will be the name. 

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