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

Mark Schecter mark at schecterpiano.com
Sat Oct 24 18:27:11 MDT 2009


The creator of this and other amazing music videos is animusic.com,  
videos available online. Highly recommended for entertaiment.

-Mark Schecter

On Oct 24, 2009, at 2:33 PM, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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