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Newton Hunt nhunt@jagat.com
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:23:19 -0400


The only time I saw one was when Jim Coleman and Dr. Kent
were experimenting with tone, inharmonicity and scaling. 
Cut machine.

I understand about toys, I am a victim of toomuchitis.

		Newton

Ron Nossaman wrote:
> 
> >I think the "association" was a one of invention.
> 
> Hi Newton,
> That was my suspicion, so I thought I'd ask.
> 
> >The Strobocon was a twelve window clockwork monster that
> >likely weighed 40 pounds and was quite accurate because it
> >used Neon lights which flicker with the 60 cycle current.
> >No stretch of course, they didn't know about such when you
> >were born but by the time you were 15 or so they began to
> >get an inkling of it.  The rotating wheels has the ability
> >to display maybe 6 partials.
> >
> >               Newton
> 
> My father in law, Tony Novinski owned one of these. He bought it cheap from
> someone's estate and paid someone else less than cheap to get it working so
> he could play with it. It sat on a shelf in his shop for years, and the
> only time he turned it on was to show it off to someone. Truly a strange
> and wonderful contraption. The Stroboconn was too.
> 
> Ron N


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