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Musical Organ Created From 49 Floppy Disk Drives

Posted by samzenpus on from the soothe-the-savage-student dept.

ErnieKey writes: A youth club in Germany, called Toolbox Bodensee, has created an unusual musical organ. It is constructed of 49 floppy disk drives all of which combine to play quite a unique sound. It has the ability to be played manually or act as a playback device. If you have a bunch of old floppy drives and want to assemble your own organ, the 3D print files are available for free download on Thingiverse.

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  1. That is _not_ an organ by YoungManKlaus · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Organs are defined by their way of operation which works by blowing air into pipes of different length to make a sound. What they built could be best described as an electro-mechanical keyboard (if it even has keys)