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A tree-ring record player

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Video of the Week #53 July 26th, 2012:

From:Can You Hear Me Now? Sound Technology of the 19th Century by Jennifer Ouellette at Cocktail Party Physics.


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Source:Bartholomaus Traubeck

A German artist named Bartholomaus Traubeck created a modified record player that analyzes the growth rings on a cross section of a tree and translates the information into piano music.