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Extraordinaire Instrument de Musique

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.

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Hilary D.
Hilary D. wrote on November 6th, 2009
Thanks Mike ! Its really cool even if its not the machine clever CGI..
Mike M.
Mike M. wrote on November 5th, 2009
This is pretty cool but apparently it's not a real machine but computer-generated imagery (CGI). I posted it in another social network and someone corrected me with Snopes and Hoax-Slayer.

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

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/incredible-music-machine.shtml

I was accused of trying to spread some Christian love advertisement by an atheist "friend", silly Mark. lol :-)
Peggy D.
Peggy D. wrote on November 4th, 2009
Fantastic!!! Can't wait to share with everyone I know!. Thanks. God Bless!
Nancy D.
Nancy D. wrote on November 4th, 2009
Wow!
Mary K.
Mary K. wrote on November 4th, 2009
amazing, maRVELOUS absolutely brilliant no wonder it needed engineers and musicians.
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