This had been debunked as being computer-generated the first time I saw it a couple years ago, and there are a number of current comments immediately below the video window the the same effect. On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Terry Beckingham <t46xd8jb at xplornet.com>wrote: > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091024/4fb32382/attachment.htm>
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