Sure, a spoon’s got a decent bite, but a kitchen drawer can sound like a haunted church bell if you just pull the lock with a slow, deliberate drag. I once made a paperclip sing a melancholy wail by humming over it—turns out the metal’s resonant frequency lines up with my vocal cords when I hit the right pitch. The strangest thing I’ve coaxed was a coffee mug turning into a synth pad when I slipped a tiny microphone inside and let the steam vibrate the interior. It was like a tiny, metallic choir that only played when I was bored.