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Not really that new. An artist is Wisconsin made whole rooms of self playing instruments in the 60s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9HeaddNiqU https://www.yo
by not_the_fda 4y ago
Not really that new. An artist is Wisconsin made whole rooms of self playing instruments in the 60s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9HeaddNiqU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9HeaddNiqU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXu6YNrJ7A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXu6YNrJ7A
- dmd 4y ago(And if you haven't been to The House on the Rock, it's honestly worth a trip to Wisconsin /just for it/.)
- zzzeek 4y agothe ratio of "how many people have any idea such a place exists" over "how amazing and vast the House on the Rock is" is unfathomably low. it's as mystifying as the place itself
- aliqot 4y agodont forget your walking shoes though, even as a young person my dogs were barking by the time I'd seen it all. At the time the infinity room was not blocked off but the last few feet and young me wanted to see the toothpick at the end
- RajT88 4y agoThe one tragedy is that they seem to be having issues keeping the self-playing instruments in good repair. Many were barely functional last I was there a few years back. Of interest is that House on the Rock is the setting for the showdown at end end of Season 1 of "American Gods". Worth a watch if you enjoy the place.
- tgv 4y agoFirst one dates back to 1805: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panharmonicon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panharmonicon. I've seen small mechanical ensembles from the 1920s, which included multiple bowed string instruments (which sounded horrible, BTW). Apparently, it was the ‘Phonoliszt Violina’ made by Hupfeld. There is more than one video on YouTube.
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