A blog for those interested in lithophones (instruments made from rock) and especially the famous 'Musical Stones of Skiddaw' held at Keswick Museum and Art Gallery. The instrument is a 14 foot-long 1.5 ton stone xylophone made in 1827 by Keswick stonemason Joseph Richardson out of rare 'hornfels' rock found between the mountains Skiddaw and Blencathra in North Cumbria, UK.
This is a Lithophone-based instrumental album by the talented composer and player of Musical Stones - Gavin Bradshaw:
New Gack Factory Orchestra album is available for free download from http://www.archive.org/details/gf09-the-sun-in-its-jewel-case
