“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Interesting, but hardly "new." Sort of a cross between the musical automata of the eighteenth century (for which Mozart composed on commission!) and a Rube Goldberg invention.
I was a bit surprised in this age of Super-Automation and increasing Robotization that so much active physical participation on the part of a knowledgeable human being is required to make the machine work.
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Interesting, but hardly "new." Sort of a cross between the musical automata of the eighteenth century (for which Mozart composed on commission!) and a Rube Goldberg invention.
I was a bit surprised in this age of Super-Automation and increasing Robotization that so much active physical participation on the part of a knowledgeable human being is required to make the machine work.
http://youtu.be/c__xzSfQA5g
Very cool.
@FT - It's more "music box" than instrument.
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