Re: [Phys-l] amazing instruments

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

Remarkable indeed.
One of those things that SHOULD be true - even if it isn't!! ;-)

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp

Anyone who has ever done a predict/calibrate a projectile path lab 
would be skeptical.

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At 2:43 PM -0500 3/9/11, Anthony Lapinski wrote:
> 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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