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I believe the Museum of Science in Boston has one, if I am remembering
correctly. Great idea. Paddy Wade, MITS, Boston MA
At 02:53 PM 5/26/04 -0400, you wrote:
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>Hi all,
>
>This is neat project. I told him that we had such staircase and that it
>runs very well. The college is St. Olof's which has a noted music school.
>I therefore suggested they consider tying the staircase to a small pipe
>organ. Then the whole thing could be very grand (a grand staircase?) and
>fun too. The mechanics behind doing this aren't complicated and the
>Physics behind pipes is sort of fun. Anyone ever try this? It seems so
>much classier than oscillators or electronic keyboards.
>
>John Bowditch
>
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> > From: Kathleen Krafft
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> > Subject: Re: musical staircase exhibit
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> > I was contacted by a chemistry professor who would like to include a
> musical staircase in a new college science building. Our Sciencenter
> musical staircase is based on your motion through space and uses an
> overhead camera & computer, but he wants to be able to "play" notes and
> explore musical scales, etc.
> >
> > I told him I'd forward his request to the listserve. See following
> message below, which includes his email address if you'd like to reply
> directly.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Kathy Krafft
> > Director of Exhibits
> > Sciencenter, Ithaca NY
> >
> > -----
> > St. Olaf College is in the planning stage for a new science building.
> Being a
> > college with strong music, science, and math programs (among
> others...), and
> > being a violinist myself, it occurred to me that it would be a neat idea to
> > install in this new building an interactive science/music/math display.
> My idea
> > is a musical staircase. I've seen a wonderful example of this at the
> Science
> > Museum of Minnesota, and I've talked with several people - Larry Ralph
> at the
> > Boston Museum of Science, John Bowditch at the Anne Arbor Hands-On Science
> > Museum, Kathy Krafft at the Sciencenter (Ithaca, NY), among others.
> >
> > Kathy suggested I contact this list and ask what people know about such
> > installations, what suggestions they might have, what they think it
> should cost,
> > etc. Really, any comments you have regarding this idea would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Parameters include:
> >
> > Timeframe: We're about 2-3 years to construction.
> >
> > Context: Building plan is roughed out only, but includes a nice central
> > two-floor atrium with staircase. I don't know how many steps, but if I
> had 88,
> > I'd use them all.
> >
> > Capabilities: We have superb cabnetry carpenters here on campus, I'm pretty
> > computer-savvy, we have a great electronic services division with lots
> of know-how.
> >
> > Funds: I'll probably have to fund this myself, unless you have a better
> idea.
> >
> > Ideas: So far my idea is to modify an electronic keyboard (Yamaha
> clavinova?)
> > and use infrared beams on individual channels tying into the action of
> a keyboard.
> >
> > Comments? Suggestions? Wild ideas?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Bob Hanson
> > -
> > Robert M. Hanson, [log in to unmask], 507-646-3107
> > Professor of Chemistry, St. Olaf College
> > 1520 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 55057
> > mailto:[log in to unmask]
> > http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
> >
> > "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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