Musical contraption from the outer Worlds...?

POSTED BY: Cruithne3753
UPDATED: Friday, August 11, 2006 23:51
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CRUITHNE3753

Saturday, August 5, 2006 4:18 PM

I saw something today that could have come straight from one of the outer worlds of an imaginary episode of Firefly...

There was a guy busking in Bristol, playing bluegrass fiddle accompanying himself with an amazing mechanical contraption.

This machine consisted of a guitar with a set of pins pressing on the fretboard forming chords controlled by a set of pedals operated by his left foot. The strings were plucked in sequence by a set of cams and cranks powered by a pedal pumped by his right foot, a flywheel keeping the tempo even. The whole thing was totally mechanical, no electronics whatsoever, the click-clack of the mechanism adding a rhythmical accompaniment of its own.

Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera on me to grab a pic.

Anyone else seen anything like this?

Naturally, with typical Browncoat logic, I headed to a nearby Chinese store so I could by some food with Chinese labelling.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, August 11, 2006 11:51 PM

That sounds cool. I wonder what it was. Think he just made it up? Sounds like a lot of work went into it!

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