Goldberg Variations in LEGO

Thanks to a short piece at Improbable Research,* I am now aware that there exists a harpsichord, looking like a single-manual Flemish reproduction, more or less, built entirely of LEGO bricks — except for the strings that is. Made up of some 10,000 LEGO pieces, the instrument has a 61-note range, weighs 150 pounds, and it 6 feet by 3 feet in size.

The picture at the Oddmusic Musical Instrument Gallery is quite lovely; however, the sound of the harpsichord being played in the first few bars of Bach's "Goldberg Variations", available at the same link, defies description, although the writer at Improbable Research suggested that it "sounds like a harpsichord melded with a typewriter", which might make it sound altogether too pretty.
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*Marc Abrahams, "Oddmusic musical instruments gallery", Improbable Research, 9 September 2006.

Posted on September 14, 2006 at 16.21 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Curious Stuff, Music & Art

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Thursday, 14 September 2006 at 23.50
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    Where was this when Tiny Tim ("Tiptoe Through The Tulips") had to get along with just his ukulele?

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