(In some opinions also the waste of a lot of tractor parts?)
 This is almost unbelievable; see how all of the balls wind up in catcher cones.
 Read this first, then turn on your sound and watch.



   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.

  The Machine You Won't Believe.

   http://sekhriusaisqs.com/extraordinaire_instrument_de_musique.wmv



-- 
Dave Croft
Warrington
http://www.oldengine.org/members/croft/
http://community.webshots.com/user/crftdv

Its computer generated graphics ! not real

On 19 Oct, 13:29, Bob Lester  wrote:
> Its computer generated graphics ! not real

See http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp

For explanation of the computerised graphics. Still very clever though.

"Dave Croft"  wrote in message 
news:7k33r8F38onanU1@mid.individual.net...
> (In some opinions also the waste of a lot of tractor parts?)
> This is almost unbelievable; see how all of the balls wind up 
> in catcher cones.
> Read this first, then turn on your sound and watch.
>
>
>
>   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.
>
>  The Machine You Won't Believe.

Quite right, I don't believe it.

Mike