Marble Machine Orchestra Snopes

The hand made music box built by swedish musician martin molin powers a kick drum bass vibraphone and other instruments using a hand crank and 2 000 marbles.

Marble machine orchestra snopes.

Wintergatan are gearing up to release a double album embark on a world tour with the marble machine x. This machine is made in sweden and generates mellifluous melodies with a multitude of marbles. The 33 year old was inspired to build his machine after visiting a museum with mechanical instruments in utrecht netherlands. The orchestra s conductor is a palm sized computer motherboard powered by an intel atom processor surrounded by dozens of wires and white pvc tubing that snakes from one instrument to the next.

It took 14 months to build and features drums cymbals a vibraphone and bass. Molin is able to make it play bass percussion and a vibraphone using a series of levers that direct the rolling marbles where he wants them. The marble machine orchestra. 95 000 product story.

Martin molin 33 lead musician in swedish band wintergarten debuted the amazing marble machine this week. The marble machine orchestra. Introducing the wintergartan marble machine. This is the mechanical musical apparatus made in sweden that generates mellifluous melodies with a multitude of marbles.

I found out about it from a hammacher schlemmer catalogue as you might think it is related to the old orchestrions. The marble machine is versatile. Follow the mmx build in their youtube series wintergatan wednesdays. This is the mechanical musical apparatus made in.

With dozens of beautifully carved wooden parts. We regret that this item is no longer available. It is a machine that uses marbles to make music.