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Thursday, March 31, 2016

A Clever Music Machine

This Incredible Music Machine is Powered by 2,000 Marbles (+Video)

Michael Rundle | March 2, 2016

The internet is no stranger to ridiculously complex attempts to make music with technology. But this might be one of the most purely spectacular attempts yet to take something which is now incredibly easy, and make it virtually impossible to comprehend.
The Wintergartan Marble Machine, built by Swedish musician Martin Molin and filmed by Hannes Knutsson, is a hand-made music box that powers a kick drum, bass, vibraphone and other instruments using a hand crank and 2,000 marbles.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q


<more at http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-03/02/marble-machine-video; related links and articles: http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/02/wintergatan-musical-marble-machine/ (Incredibly complex machine plays music with marbles. It's as if Rube Goldberg made a musical instrument. March 2, 2106) and http://bgr.com/2016/03/02/wintergatan-marble-music-machine-viral-video/ (http://bgr.com/2016/03/02/wintergatan-marble-music-machine-viral-video/. March 2, 2016)>

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