A few years back I met a young man who was attending the University of Washington music department with a minor in Anthropology. Ethnomusicology was his field. One of his shticks was taking anything he could find that wasn't a musical instrument and turning it into one. He had made a couple of didgeridoos out of PCV pipe. He also played pots and pans and just about anything else he could get a sound out of. Whatever it was, he'd tap on it, figure out what pitch it was, and incorporate it. Once I saw him take a Parker Jotter ballpoint pen and pencil set out of his shirt pocket and play the music stand.

He wasn't just banging on things. He actually played music. The guy was amazing!

He also played the piano and a couple of other instruments.

Don Firth