Marble Machine Built By Martin Molin

The marble machine is versatile.

Marble machine built by martin molin.

The wintergartan marble machine built by swedish musician martin molin is unlike anything i ve ever seen before. 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 new machine to be called marble machine x would solve a multitude of mechanical functionality problems with the original marble machine. The wintergartan marble machine itself is a work of art after designing a blueprint for it using 3d software molin meticulously crafted almost every piece of the rube goldberg type instrument.

The 33 year old was inspired to build his machine after visiting a museum with mechanical instruments in utrecht netherlands. On the internet it s a sort of subculture kind of like perpetual motion machines. Martin molin the builder of the original marble machine is collaborating with a team of engineers and designers as well as fans for the design and build of the marble machine x. Marin molin best known for his band wintergatan the ingenious wooden hand cranked machine that plays music with 2000 marbles is the inspiration behind the mmxs marble machine xs is a miniature homage to molin.

The wintergatan marble machine built by swedish musician martin molin and filmed by hannes knutsson is moving to a museum in utrecht by michael rundle and victoria woollaston 16 mar 2017. Martin molin s marble machine is not the first of its kind. One of the most popular inventors after martin molin and his 21 million views is matthias wandel the same engineer who inspired the musician. Comprising 3 000 wooden pieces and using 2 000 marbles the elaborate music box.

Nasa s final space shuttle mission begins with atlantis launch. Marble machine built and composed by martin molin filmed and edited by hannes knutsson. Home entertainment music wintergatan marble machine a music instrument using 2000 marbles. Martin molin born 1983 is a grammis swedish grammy.

Wintergatan marble machine a music instrument using 2000 marbles.