Up to 170 audience members chill with the band in an igloo auditorium. The organizers' clothing advice? Layer.
Cool room —
Up to 170 audience members chill with the band in an igloo auditorium. The organizers' clothing advice? Layer.
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Most people don't believe ice instruments can produce anything worth listening to. The crystal clear sound makes them believers.
Wake up to winter —
Most people don't believe ice instruments can produce anything worth listening to. The crystal clear sound makes them believers.
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Guitars are among the more durable ice instruments. You can play them hard, and they might even last the winter.
Cold as ice. Obviously —
Guitars are among the more durable ice instruments. You can play them hard, and they might even last the winter.
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Bicycle inner tubes beneath the ice xylophone's bars improve resonance.
Ice bar —
Bicycle inner tubes beneath the ice xylophone's bars improve resonance.
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American expat Tim Linhart carves all the orchestra's ice instruments in a shelter in his garden each winter. And, no, there's no heater under that bench.
Ice king —
American expat Tim Linhart carves all the orchestra's ice instruments in a shelter in his garden each winter. And, no, there's no heater under that bench.
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Ice instruments are much faster to make than conventional ones, Linhart says. "The chisel just glides through."
Malleable material —
Ice instruments are much faster to make than conventional ones, Linhart says. "The chisel just glides through."
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The sound is also sharper, Linhart says, but ice instruments are also more fragile than those in a traditional orchestra. Insurance must be tricky.
Crystal clarity —
The sound is also sharper, Linhart says, but ice instruments are also more fragile than those in a traditional orchestra. Insurance must be tricky.
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"You might think the sound on a normal instrument is perfectly clear -- until you hear an ice instrument and go, 'Ah ha!'," says Linhart.
Supersonic —
"You might think the sound on a normal instrument is perfectly clear -- until you hear an ice instrument and go, 'Ah ha!'," says Linhart.
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A concert in the igloo auditorium is "like a nightclub in heaven," according to Linhart.
'Nightclub in heaven' —
A concert in the igloo auditorium is "like a nightclub in heaven," according to Linhart.
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Linhart's next icy creation? An ultralight plane. He'll be flying.
Next up —
Linhart's next icy creation? An ultralight plane. He'll be flying.
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