Over the weekend, I visited the ReSource scrapyard near Arapahoe and 63rd.  I had an initial design idea, but found no materials to follow through with the design.  After browsing for quite some time, more ideas began to flow.  At one point, I found a piece of duct work that reminded me of the horn component of a gramophone (old-timey record player).  I’m a big fan of vinyl and thought that a gramophone sculpture design would be great.  A moment later, I saw some steel pipes which sparked the idea to cut them at different lengths to create a church organ aesthetic instead of a gramophone horn.  I combined the ideas to design a record player with organ pipes set behind the spin platter.  After browsing further, I found a piece of granite and “bamboo” shelving to make the base from.  In total, I purchased four five-foot steel pipes, a piece of granite, and the wood shelving for around $7.  Additional materials will be needed in order to create the spin platter and tone-arm.  Below, I have included pictures of the recycled material as well as a church organ to convey the design idea.

Upcycled Materials

Example of pipe organ design