While he was supposed to be doing something else, the wonderfully inventive instrument maker Leonard Solomon decided to take a break to play his uniquely home built Callioforte. The song he chose was the mystical “Love Potion No. 9”. The classic song was given a lighthearted lilt with the high…
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Leonard Solomon Shares His Inspiration for Creating Unusual Instruments Like His Incredible Bellowphone
The incredibly talented Leonard Solomon sat down with Wired to talk about the fantastical and unusual instruments he’s created over the past 30 years and shared how he came about making his first instrument, The Majestic Bellowphone. Solomon’s foray into instrument making began in earnest in the early 1980s when…
Leonard Solomon Plays a Jovial Cover of the Classic Looking Glass Song ‘Brandy’ on His Bellowphone
A nostalgic Leonard Solomon, the incredibly creative instrument builder and musician, performed a wonderfully jovial cover of the classic Looking Glass song “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” on his majestic Bellowphone. The song was released in 1972 and is one of Solomon’s favorites. “Brandy, you’re a fine girl; what a…
Leonard Solomon Performs a Playful Partial Version of ‘Peter and the Wolf’ on His Majestic Bellowphone
A very cheery Leonard Solomon, who is an extremely talented and inventive musician, performed a playful part of the classic Sergei Prokofiev musical tale “Peter and the Wolf” on his Majestic Bellowphone. Me and the boys plays a little Prokofiev for yez, wit the Majestic Bellowphone. Here’s a wonderful orchestral…
Bouncy Cover of ‘Papageno’s Song’ From Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ Played on a ‘Skweeze-Ball’ Bottle Organ
Leonard Solomon, an extremely talented and inventive musician, performed a very bouncy cover of the Papageno aria from the classic Mozart opera The Magic Flute on his “Skweeze-Ball Bottle Organ”. This is Solomon’s debut of his wondrous new instrunent. I demonstrate the sound of my most recent skweeze-ball instrument, with…
Leonard Solomon Plays a Rousing Rendition of ‘Shortnin’ Bread’ on His Oomphalapompatronium
In a fascinating video, the extremely talented and inventive musician Leonard Solomon, demonstrated how his incredible Oomphalapompatronium works and then proceeded to play a rousing rendition of Shortnin’ Bread.
Musician Leonard Solomon Plays a Touching Version of ‘Danny Boy’ on His Homemade Callioforte
Leonard Solomon, an extremely talented and inventive musician, played a touching rendition of the classic Irish song “Londonderry Air” (“Danny Boy“) on his Callioforte, one of several instruments created from his own design. In November 2015, Solomon performed an equally soulful version the traditional Highland Scottish lament “The Bonny Bonny…
A Working Organ Pipe Made From Dog Food Cans
Leonard Solomon, a wonderfully inventive musician who plays instruments of his own imagination, presented his newest design, the “Dogfood Can Organ Pipe“. the pipe i wanted to show you…is made out of a very common material in fact dog food cans. Now what I did is I cut off both…
