Place ear to book, crank, and listen

I think of “altered books” as books that have been cut up or colored. Jennifer Khoshbin does that as well as making “music books” — vintage texts with small hand cranks — turn the crank with your ear to the book to hear a tune. Below left, Donkey John, a music book. On the right, Prove it, a cut book with a pop-up. You can see more on her website ( you can also hear some of the tunes in the music books).

Two of Jen Hoshbin’s Altered Books

2 thoughts on “Place ear to book, crank, and listen”

  1. I love this, shame there isn’t one more picture to see it better. Does that spiral shape go all the way through the front of the book? Must have taken ages to make. Very cool.

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