Marble Machine Orchestra Snopes

The marble machine is a handmade music box that powers a kick drum bass vibraphone and other instruments using a hand crank and 2 000 marbles.

Marble machine orchestra snopes.

The marble machine orchestra. 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. 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.

Introducing the wintergartan marble machine. It is a machine that uses marbles to make music. Listen to their current releases. 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.

Follow the mmx build in their youtube series wintergatan wednesdays. The marble machine orchestra yes you read that correctly. With dozens of beautifully carved wooden parts. Martin molin 33 lead musician in swedish band wintergarten debuted the amazing marble machine this week.

Wintergatan are gearing up to release a double album embark on a world tour with the marble machine x. This is the mechanical musical apparatus made in sweden that generates mellifluous melodies with a multitude of marbles. 95 000 product story. It took 14 months to build and features drums cymbals a vibraphone and bass.

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. We regret that this item is no longer available.