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Wooden music machine

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A friend sent me this link and I thought you may enjoy the complex problems involved in building it. http://biggeekdad.com/2016/03/marble-music-machine/
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That is absolutely incredible. How in the world do you tune that so all the "marbles" always end up in the various funnels for recovery. Unbelievable!!!
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Some one had fun!

Or not, but it is quite the instrument.

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jsburger wrote:That is absolutely incredible. How in the world do you tune that so all the "marbles" always end up in the various funnels for recovery. Unbelievable!!!

I have no idea but figured the engineering involved was intense. The pieces had to be sanded to just the correct angle. I would be doing a lot of testing to get something even close. In the http://biggeekdad.com/2012/04/pipe-dream/, I wondered how they got all the balls to bounce just at the right angle to hit each instrument correctly to make the return funnel as well. It must have been a pipe fitter's nightmare.
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Not only is the 'music' computer generated, but so is the 'hardware' and the 'motion'. ;)
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A true artisan.

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JPG wrote:Not only is the 'music' computer generated, but so is the 'hardware' and the 'motion'. ;)
The "pipe dream" is a computer generated video/music and has been around for a while, the the marble machine seems to be a real McCoy ....

As a musician and a wannabe wood worker, all I can say is wow to the marble machine! :eek:
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rjent wrote:
JPG wrote:Not only is the 'music' computer generated, but so is the 'hardware' and the 'motion'. ;)
The "pipe dream" is a computer generated video/music and has been around for a while, the the marble machine seems to be a real McCoy ....

As a musician and a wannabe wood worker, all I can say is wow to the marble machine! :eek:
I think not! ;)
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JPG wrote:
rjent wrote:
JPG wrote:Not only is the 'music' computer generated, but so is the 'hardware' and the 'motion'. ;)
The "pipe dream" is a computer generated video/music and has been around for a while, the the marble machine seems to be a real McCoy ....

As a musician and a wannabe wood worker, all I can say is wow to the marble machine! :eek:
I think not! ;)
Prove it .... :D
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