| Eric, perhaps you could contact this gentleman. He seems to know how to play a rifle! This showed up on CBC a couple of years ago.
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Edmonton musician plays rifle, garden hose Last Updated 2003-01-22 ArtsCanada EDMONTON - A member of the Royal Canadian Artillery Band says he enjoys making music with his rifle, but is really interested in playing a grenade launcher. Sgt. Andre Lessard, a member of the Edmonton-based band, uses a Second World War rifle as an instrument, says a report in the Edmonton Sun. Lessard says the Lee Enfield Mark IV, with a trumpet mouthpiece in the top of the barrel, can produce seven or eight notes. He's welded open the bolt action so the rifle doesn't have to be registered as a working firearm. He's also tried playing the C-1 rifle and a garden hose with a funnel in it, said the Sun. But Lessard says he's interested in trying to play a grenade launcher, which he insists is "like a tuba." When he's feeling conventional, Lessard plays the trumpet, piano, guitar and flute.For more arts news, listen to The Arts Report weekdays at 7:12 a.m., 8:12 a.m. and 5:55 p.m. on CBC Radio Two. |