Old Trumpet Finds New Life as iPhone Amplifier

Computers & Mobile Craft & Design Music

What’s not to love about Christopher Locke’s Analog Tele-Phonographer? Constructed from a salvaged trumpet and various machine parts, the device amplifies and directs music played by a docked phone without the need for additional power. And it looks pretty cool to boot! [via Gizmodo]

4 thoughts on “Old Trumpet Finds New Life as iPhone Amplifier

  1. Dave Brunker says:

    I wondering how it would work as a crystal radio amp.

  2. Anonymous says:

    Thanks for creating this. I really feel as though I know so much more about the topic than I did before. You should continue this, Im sure most people would agree youve got a gift.
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Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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