It doesn't come up when I click the site. I remember seeing one made with farm machinery parts, and according to Snopes, it was done with computer animation, not mechanical. 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
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