Piano Animation!

[Jim Kinnear]

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MessageIt's a hoot . . cable internet - 2 minutes . .=20
Jim Kinnerr=20
Collingwood, ON
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  From: Alan=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 11:07 AM
  Subject: RE: Piano Animation!


  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]=20
    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:
    http://accad.osu.edu/~smay/BITR/


    Rob Goodale, RPT
    Las Vegas, NV


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