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

Terry Beckingham t46xd8jb at xplornet.com
Sat Oct 24 14:06:46 MDT 2009


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



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