William Close was 42 when he came to America’s Got Talent with his fiance Sarah, who was five months pregnant with their baby boy. He had brought what he called his most spectacular instrument.
It was the Earth Harp, which he described as the world’s largest stringed instrument. Its strings ran from a bridge on the stage all the way up to the first balcony, so the theater itself became the instrument.
William explained that he creates musical instruments and also goes into schools to teach kids how to build them. Howard Stern was not convinced at first and joked that he smelled a hippie living on ten dollars a month 😄.
Then William began to play. He walked along the strings, and a huge, haunting sound filled the room as he played Paradise by Coldplay 🎶. The audience was mesmerized.
Sharon said she was mesmerized and called it phenomenal. Howard admitted that when William walked out he wanted to tell him to get a real job, but said the act was totally original, that he had made his own career on originality, and that he bowed to him. William got three yeses, and Sarah was overjoyed backstage ❤️.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERjE22bwFcA
