[sdiy] Mechanical synthesis (was: WHY? ...)

[James Patchell]

At 11:05 PM 5/9/2004 -0400, R. D. Davis wrote:
>Quothe Paul Maddox, from writings of Fri, May 07, 2004 at 04:23:19PM +0100:
> > Always has been, but it has to be worth it.. Where would we be without
> > electricity?
>
>
>Out of curiosity, has anyone connected any electronically controlled
>mechanical devices, other than spring reverbs, to their synthesis
>equipment---perhaps using microphones or other transducers?  It seems
>that the possibilities are most interesting.

         Well, sort of....

http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell/midictl/midictl.html

         And its picture:

http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell/pictures/glock.jpg

         On that webpage, I describe a Midi Glock that I converted (it was 
a Glock that used to be connected to a Rogers Organ, and I converted it to 
Midi).  It uses little metal slugs that hit the bars when you energize a 
solanoid with current.

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         -Jim
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