instruments
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Watch A Photocopier Somehow Get Transformed Into A Trumpet
Video: There’s about 2kg of salvageable copper inside your typical photocopier (mostly in the power supply and the motor’s copper windings). Copper that can be mixed with zinc to create brass. Brass that can be shaped out to make a trumpet. It’s the circle of life!
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You Can Now Buy An Alien-Looking 3D-Printed Violin
A 3D-printed replica is nothing more than a plastic trinket if it doesn’t function as well as the original. But as revealed last year, a company called 3Dvarius has created the world’s first 3D-printed playable electric violin that sounds just as good as its wooden equivalent — and now you can finally buy one.
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The Technics 1200 Turntable Is Back
Revered by DJs for its high-torque direct-drive platter that ensured flawless mixes and incredibly precise scratch performances, the last version of the Technics 1200, the MK6, was released in Japan back in 2008. But today at CES Panasonic has revived the turntable with the new Technics 1200G.
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A Fender Stratocaster Made From Cardboard Still Sounds Incredible
Best known for their experimental snowboard creations, the folks at recyclable Fender Stratocaster.