The video is bogus as far as it being an actual machine, but those Animusic videos really are very cool. I use them in one of my classes. Scott Scott E. Antes Northern Arizona University Department of Anthropology PO Box 15200 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 ________________________________________ From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nic Marais [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 1:53 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fwd: FW: Extraordinaire Instrument It's nonsense anyway... See: http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp Nic 57/15 On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Sami <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You forgot to send the URL so we could watch it. > Sami > > -------Original Message------- > > From: [log in to unmask] > Date: 11/2/2009 12:05:25 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Fwd: FW: Extraordinaire Instrument > > Non PD. This is really amazing....A friend described it as "your brain on > music" > > 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 machines > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.44/2475 - Release Date: 11/01/09 > 19:39:00 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn