Department of Homemade Instruments [I want that]

Miss Missy and I were talking yesterday about people we know that play weird instruments. This is not so much weird as it is awesome. I love the idea of making musical instruments, be they cigar-box guitars or Steinway Pianos: there is something beautiful about the patience and precision involved, and also about the foresight and vision needed to realize that various bits and pieces of metal and wood will eventually be put together into a whole that makes music. You can make your own Cigar Box Guitar by following these instructions. Shane Speal is the King of the Cigar Box Guitar:

[Thanks, Boing Boing]