[pianotech] Fwd: absolutely unbelievable! all you music lovers...

[John Ross]

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



John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Beckingham" <t46xd8jb at xplornet.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 5:06 PM
Subject: [pianotech] Fwd: absolutely unbelievable! all you music lovers...


This was forwarded to me. Although it is off topic I think you will enjoy 
it.

>Turn your sound on for this.
>Read this first, then watch.
>This is almost unbelievable. See how all of the balls wind up in catcher
>cones
>
>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 machine's
>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.
>
>
><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIABTxAAX90>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIABTxAAX90
Terry Beckingham