[ProtectOurFreedom]

Now this is fun and completely different. Take a break from politics and enjoy Hans describing his new musical instrument, the "Piattuino."

Hans was inspired by these musicians he met in Chile...

Here's Hans playing his Piattuino with drumsticks...

Hans first had to carefully find 30 different plates with the right tone and pitch! That alone had to be a time-consuming and painstaking project. In his YouTube video, he gives and excellent technical description of how he built the Piattuino.

Here is one solenoid actuator with one of the plates...

Skip to 5 minutes to hear his Piattuino in action. He plays three songs, "Rocco Granata Marina," "Rondo alla Turca," and "Great Balls of Fire." Talk about sampling a wide variety of music! I think the Rondo is the best.

I've been developing on the Arduino platform the past month or so with the intention of using it to monitor some systems at our vacation home. Those are rather ho-hum, mundane things. But THIS! This is so cool! I love it.

Enjoy!

[Yo-Yo]

Nice, but not as impressive as Wintergaten's Marble Machine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

[ADemocratNoMore]

Two more for you...

https://youtu.be/ENdET29kzdQ

https://youtu.be/MejbOFk7H6c

[ADemocratNoMore]

That was way fun, thanks for sharing. I was particularly impressed by both his custom controller and software.

Good luck to you as well in your endeavors with the Arduino & keep us posted. Above all, have fun. I’ve been playing with some of the ideas used by Thomas Wilfred a hundred years or so and I’m having a blast.