Unbelievable Video

[Bigfoot]

EDIT: Ok. Just found out this is a computer graphic thing with Snopes verifying. Oh well. Looked pretty damn neat.

 

You have got to watch this. I am simply awe struck at what these people did. I'm no musician yet this has floored me.

 

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.

 

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozSHXkCLM8U]YouTube- extraordinaire instrument de musique[/ame]

Edited January 5, 2010 by Bigfoot
Couldn't imbed video

[Bummer]

Pretty darn cool, no matter how it's done.

[mini-muffin]

That was awesome. Just think of all the math they had to do for that. Just to get the calculations right.

 

Margaret

[Bigfoot]

Pretty darn cool, no matter how it's done.

 

 

Yeah. A friend set me straight. Feel stupid.

[Skid]

13,029 hours = 542.875 days.....

Apparently some people got way too much spare time on their hands....

[Bummer]

Yeah. A friend set me straight. Feel stupid.

No need for that. It certainly looks convincing. Hey, I still like it.

 

By the way, there are several others that scroll by on the You Tube page after that one plays.

Edited January 6, 2010 by Bummer
Mentioned the others

[KiteSquid]

You should see the rest of the computer animations from animusic!!!!!!!!

 

 

Click HERE to go to Animusic's web site.

 

AND Animmusic 3 is in production!!!!!!

[Venturous Randy]

There have been several of these featured on TV and the animation is fantastic.

Hey, don't feel stupid, you shared something that was enjoyable.

RandyA