Recent content by Ben Boldt

Here is one additional picture of ConlonInPurple. Trimpin has provided some interesting details on this drawing. (I scanned this from the book mentioned earlier.)

I wanted to add some clarification and more details to this: The Seismofon sculpture was made by a man named Trimpin. I can't believe I didn't mention that. In the book "Trimpin: Contraptions for Art and Sound", this instrument is referred to as "Magnitude in C#," however, at the actual museum...

TL;DR Summary: Resonance of a cylinder/tube with a hole in the center The Science Museum of Minnesota has this really cool xylophone hanging from the ceiling, named "Seismofon": There is a computer connected that receives almost-real-time seismic activity, and it uses that information to...