Piano Animation!

[Alan]

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Dude, you have GOT to pony up for DSL or cable if it's available in your
area! I just downloaded the whole movie in about 14 minutes. ;-]
 
Thanks for putting us on to a little light relief.
 
Well, back to replacing 88 bent and mostly broken Chickering brass butt
plates ...
 
Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO

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From: Rob Goodale [mailto:rrg@unlv.nevada.edu] 
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 2:38 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Piano Animation!


Now this is cool.  This will be of particular interest to those who
enjoy mechanical music or midi.
 
Apparently a few graduate students from the University of Ohio animated
a piano as part of their graduation project.  This involved using midi
data interfaced with an animation program that was specially written for
the application, (hence the student's project).  The work consists of an
animated vintage Ampico upright player piano which is being played by
raindrops falling onto the keys.  A butterfly dances to the music as it
flies around the piano and then enters the interior.  The animated
movement of the action is fantastic.
 
According to the author of the web page, in addition to winning a
computer animation festival the success of this project led them to
career positions with Pixar animation studios, (now a division of
Disney).
 
You can download the animated movie in it's entirety although it will
take a very long time, (about 3-1/2 hours using dial-up).  Even so the
movie is somewhat small in size.  Nevertheless a real treat!  To
download go here:
HYPERLINK
"http://accad.osu.edu/~smay/BITR/"http://accad.osu.edu/~smay/BITR/
 
 
Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV


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