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Re: [Phys-l] amazing instruments



Alas, Snopes says that it is pure computer animation.
<http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp>

Marc "Zeke" Kossover


----- Original Message ----
From: Anthony Lapinski <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>
To: tap-l@lists.ncsu.edu; phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 11:43:05 AM
Subject: [Phys-l] amazing instruments

A colleague sent me this clip with the description below. Remarkable! I
had to share it with this group. I'm still it total awe!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaQYb4Ykhz8

This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between the
Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of
Engineering at the University of Iowa.
Amazingly, 97% of the machines components came from John Deere Industries
and Irrigation Equipment of Bancroft, Iowa. Yes, farm equipment!

It took the team a combined 13,029 hours of set-up, alignment,
calibration, and tuning before filming this video but as you can see, it
was WELL worth the effort. It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard
Alumni Hall at the University and is already slated to be donated to the
Smithsonian.

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