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Strip a Little Tikes butterfly toy of its head and wings, and what do you have? A particle accelerator. Add a piezo mic and the contents of your choice into the chamber (tinfoil balls seem to work well), and let 'er rip. Besides the sound of skittering tinfoil, its triggering makes for pleasant aleatoric noise via other devices.

raw clattering
triggering a DR-5

video! (alas, no sound):
an unearthly glow as the ions collide