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Star Wars Lego Barrel Organ
By Ingmar Krause

[ Ref. 120414 MMDigest --
 [ "In one of the better promotional stunts in recent memory,
 [ a German company has built a hand-cranked barrel organ out
 [ of 20,000 Lego bricks that plays the Star Wars theme song."
 [ http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/04/lego-star-wars-barrel-organ/ 
 [ -- Robbie

Hello MMD,  if it hadn't been obvious that I'm not that up-to-date
with my MMD reading as I should be, then it shall be now.  Here is
in response to something posted on 14 April 2012!

After examination of the videos I have come to the conclusion that
"barrel organ", once again, is _not_ the correct terminology used.
First I pondered if it shouldn't be called a "barrel piano" instead,
but then again, the strikers aren't hitting the "strings" directly.
Therefore I have come to the conclusion that this should be called
a "barrel Vorsetzer" :-) as it strikes the keys of a piano.

Maybe one might consider this nitpicking -- still I thought I should
straighten this out.  :-D

Musically,
Ingmar Krause
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada


(Message sent Fri 25 May 2012, 03:25:37 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Barrel, Lego, Organ, Star, Wars

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