<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of it yet, but I just did the first field test last night of my latest music contraption. Four MFM hard drives with covers and positioning steppers removed, driven by a PC power supply and played with screwdrivers, sheet metal and power tools, then amplified. It's possible to change the pitch of platters by denting and otherwise abusing them. The only issue is the inability to really abuse the spinning platters without decoupling the motor shaft from the magnetic field in the motor, thus stopping the motor and forcing it to restart.
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<BR>I used this in a performance last night in boston with satisfactory results. There will probably be a forthcoming video release of this performance cut from footage taken by a few people present. I hope to release it on video CD, for anybody who wants to watch me in action abusing the audience/burning myself with fireworks-DIY and making creative use of large kitchen appliances and flammable liquids along with the rest of the band.
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<BR>"..I make music from the scum that surrounds my life."
<BR>-Masami Akita, Merzbow</FONT></HTML>