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Our most outrageous contest yet! OVERVIEW: Invent & build a new musical instrument that combines elements from at least two other musical instruments. Submissions accepted as photos and/or videos. We will award gift certificate prizes for the ingenious as well as the bizarre. Deadline is April Fool's Day, April 1, 2021. All details are listed below.   Intro: Countless inventors have sought to combine elements from different instruments into a new, revolutionary creation. The …

In celebration of our Mutant Musical Instrument Build-Off, we've put together a Top 5 list of the weirdest musical inventions that combine elements from two or more instruments.  Got something weirder?  Post it in the Friends of C. B. Gitty Facebook page!!! #1 - The Bulbul Tarang from Punjab.  (Wikipedia link with more info.)  This instrument is a cross between a lap-style dulcimer and a piano.  The strings go underneath fretting keys that resemble a piano and …

NOTE: The videos in this series of 4 posts represent the top 20 finalists for the Samantha Fish Video Contest as chosen by the organizers.Part 4 of 4.  C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply proudly supports the Samantha Fish Cigar Box Guitar Festival. The festival will be presented on March 12 and 13 and will be totally virtual, with performances from New Orleans and around the world.In July, they asked homemade instrument pickers worldwide to solicit videos. Co-producer Paige Davis sa …

NOTE: The videos in this series of 4 posts represent the top 20 finalists for the Samantha Fish Video Contest as chosen by the organizers.Part 3 of 4.  C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply proudly supports the Samantha Fish Cigar Box Guitar Festival. The festival will be presented on March 12 and 13 and will be totally virtual, with performances from New Orleans and around the world.In July, they asked homemade instrument pickers worldwide to solicit videos. Co-producer Paige Davis says, "all t …

NOTE: The videos in this series of 4 posts represent the top 20 finalists for the Samantha Fish Video Contest as chosen by the organizers.Part 2 of 4.  See Part 1 here.C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply proudly supports the Samantha Fish Cigar Box Guitar Festival. The festival will be presented on March 12 and 13 and will be totally virtual, with performances from New Orleans and around the world. In July, they asked homemade instrument pickers worldwide to solicit videos. Co-producer Paige Davis …