Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Grow your own guitar

(Image: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features)

"The Vienna-based Vegetable Orchestra is just what it sounds like: an orchestra that plays instruments made of fresh vegetables. The 13-year-old musical ensemble has played its experimental pieces in concert houses all over the world.

Now they are working with scientist Wolfgang Palme from the Horticultural College and Research Institute Schönbrunn to develop the next generation of carefully cultivated instruments. Palme approached the musical group because he is interested in promoting the diversity, beauty, and seasonality of vegetables to the public. "Vegetables are extraordinary," he says."
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