The phrase "a contraption of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a device or machine that is made up of various parts or components, often implying complexity or ingenuity.
Example: "The inventor showcased a contraption of gears and levers that could perform multiple tasks simultaneously."
Alternatives: "a device made of" or "an apparatus composed of".
The final product will be a contraption of trade-offs and murky accounting.
On his desk is a contraption of tubes and coils that, as he enthusiastically explains, convert sunlight into hydrogen.
Turning the language of liberation into a contraption of conquest is nothing new: it's part of Liberal heritage.
Mr. Hossain was busy weaving a contraption of bamboo that he hopes to use to catch shrimp that they could eat or sell.
He concluded that removing the batteries was impossible without destroying the gadget, which is a contraption of tiny circuit boards and ribbon cables soldered together.
It seems improbable that a piece of ancient machinery, a contraption of levers and pulleys designed in 1913, would be critical to the successful operation of one of the nation's largest commuter railroads.
The experts recommend building a contraption out of an empty soda bottle, filling it with soapy water, and drowning the stinkbugs inside, but I am dubious.
The satellite looks like a contraption out of a Dr. Seuss book: a dish antenna 6 meters across spins like a lasso atop a long boom.
Onstage was the Shockspot, once dubbed the "Rolls Royce of fuck machines"—a mechanized contraption of hard lines and metallic finish with a dildo affixed to its arm.
Sadly, that something turns out to be the movie itself, directed by Martin Scorsese and adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from a peculiar contraption of a thriller by Dennis Lehane.
In the few scenes where the audience must see fat Rosemary's face, Ms. Paltrow wears a polyurethane contraption of a sort now so trendy that even Brad Pitt wore one for an appearance on "Friends" last Thursday.
