http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/20/dashboard-keyboard-operates-car-exhaust-calliope/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:51:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/20/dashboard-keyboard-operates-car-exhaust-calliope/comment-page-1/#comment-1065838 daily / links for 2009-02-16 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:00:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/20/dashboard-keyboard-operates-car-exhaust-calliope/#comment-1065838 [...] Dashboard Keyboard Operates Car-Exhaust Calliope Under the hood of the automobile owned by Leo Feuchter, of Ironton, Ohio, is a homemade calliope which is powered by the exhaust of the engine and played by means of an organ-type keyboard at the right side of the dashboard. Depending upon the speed at which the motor is running, the sound of the calliope can be heard from six to eight blocks away. To start the music, the operator presses a pedal, diverting the exhaust gases into the instrument. The range of the calliope is two octaves. Feuchter, a sixty-five-year-old automobile mechanic, designed and constructed the unique installation, which has attracted wide attention in parades and at conventions. [...] [...] Dashboard Keyboard Operates Car-Exhaust Calliope Under the hood of the automobile owned by Leo Feuchter, of Ironton, Ohio, is a homemade calliope which is powered by the exhaust of the engine and played by means of an organ-type keyboard at the right side of the dashboard. Depending upon the speed at which the motor is running, the sound of the calliope can be heard from six to eight blocks away. To start the music, the operator presses a pedal, diverting the exhaust gases into the instrument. The range of the calliope is two octaves. Feuchter, a sixty-five-year-old automobile mechanic, designed and constructed the unique installation, which has attracted wide attention in parades and at conventions. [...]

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/20/dashboard-keyboard-operates-car-exhaust-calliope/comment-page-1/#comment-1065800 Exhaust driven calliope… Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:41:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/20/dashboard-keyboard-operates-car-exhaust-calliope/#comment-1065800 [...] Original post can be found here. [...] [...] Original post can be found here. [...]

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