Ron Natalie <ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA> (01/15/85)
I just had to buy one when I read the box... The LP VIBRA-SLAP (pat. no. 3439572) A Unique Sound Experience! Latin American - Classical - Rock Designed and patented by Martin Cohen, founder and president of Latin Percussion, to serve as a durable and reliable replacement for the jawbone of an ass. Unlike its natural counterpart, VIBRA-SLAP, properly used will give years of trouble-free, dependable service. ... Goes great with my flexatone. -Ron
Christopher A Kent <cak@PURDUE.ARPA> (01/15/85)
Yup, it's a wonderful toy. I bought a Vibra-slap as my first foray into the world of percussion toys -- but the flexatone came quickly thereafter. Cheers, chris ----------
Joe Pistritto <jcp@BRL-TGR.ARPA> (01/16/85)
Ok, just what is a Vibra-Slap? I have seen a Flexi-tone, is it similar? -JCP-
Ron Natalie <ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA> (01/16/85)
There's one in the office. It looks like a bent piece of metal with a ball on one end and a little wooden horn on the other. What I really need now is the Jawbone of the Ass. -Ron
The Home Office of <abc@BRL-TGR.ARPA> (01/16/85)
Isn't a Vibra-Slap something that they sell in those kinky shops in San Francisco and Washington?
Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA> (01/16/85)
"Isn't a Vibra-Slap something that they sell in those kinky shops in San Francisco and Washington?" Well, bless my soul, there's something wrong with me My hands are shaking like the leaves on a tree ... I'm in love I'm all shook up
Christopher A Kent <cak@PURDUE.ARPA> (01/16/85)
For those that don't have access to Ron's office, a flexatone is a large piece of spring steel mounted in a frame, with a smaller piece of steel with a ball on the end. Imagine a Y. You hold the base of the Y in your hand. The large piece of steel is attached across the top, free at the bottom; you can move the bottom end in and out of the frame with your thumb. The small piece of steel is also attached at the top of the Y, such that the ball strikes the large piece when shaken. By changing the thumb pressure, you change the pitch. You've almost certainly heard a flexatone used -- probably in the 70s, if not more recently. (Same goes for the vibraslap, which is popular in latin music, and had a small, deranged following in the disco scene.) It's the sort of sound that one might expect a flying saucer to make when lifting off in a 1950's SF movie... chris ----------
berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval) (01/23/85)
In article <7390@brl-tgr.ARPA> The Home Office of <abc@BRL-TGR.ARPA> writes: >Isn't a Vibra-Slap something that they sell in those kinky shops in San >Francisco and Washington? Naaah, you must be thinking of Tonga Plugs. -- Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900