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Gakken Bird Organ Plays Punched Paper Tune Strip
By Robbie Rhodes

Timothy Tikker sent us this link about a cute new serinette:

  http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2008/09/08/diy-twitter-organ/ 

It's a build-it-yourself kit to make a tiny organ of 8 whistles played
directly by a paper strip with punched holes.  Another description is at

  http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/catalog/bird-song-organ-from-gakken-p-321.html 

and a review in English, accompanied by two YouTube videos, is at

  http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/08/made_in_japan_volume_26.html 

The complete Gakken bird organ kit is offered for sale at eBay "Buy It Now"

  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140247949660 

Robbie Rhodes - Mechanical Music Digest


(Message sent Wed 17 Sep 2008, 05:17:51 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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