LEGO Engineering: From Kindergarten to College

teaching and research. Chris is involved in several different research areas: particle-laden flows (a continuation of his thesis), telerobotics and controls, slurry flows in chemical-mechanical planarization, the engineering of musical instruments, measuring flame shapes of couch fires, measuring fruit-fly locomotion, and in elementary school engineering education. His work has been funded by numerous government organizations [...]

Programming Bits and Atoms

Gershenfeld Prof. Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms. His unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from creating molecular quantum computers to virtuosic musical instruments. Technology from his lab has been seen and used in settings including New York’s Museum of Modern Art and [...]

Guitar Tips : How to String an Electric Guitar That is Equipped With a Locking Bridge

tuned by turning fine tuners on the bridge of the guitar. Tune a Floyd Rose guitar easily with tips from an experienced guitar player in this free music-education video on guitar tuning. Expert: Jim Federico Bio: Jim Federico is an accomplished guitar instructor in Nashville, TN. He has a degree in Music Education and has [...]

The turkey rap.avi

Brothers Phil and Lee Edmonds do the turkey rap. No turkey caller or musical instruments used in this video, just their voices.

Tubby The Tuba (Peter Pan 45 RPM)

4 years old back in 1975. I still have it to this day!!! It is a version narrated by Johnny Andrews. Listen to it and you’ll know the story about this lonely Tuba who finds new life. This is my first introduction to the world of musical instruments of the symphony orchestra. It introduced me [...]

Mickey Cartoons — Trader Mickey (Aug. 20, 1932)

While taking a shipload of musical instruments along the African coast, Mickey and Pluto are captured by cannibals. The savages plan to eat them until Mickey trades the instruments for their freedom, then engages in a wild jam session to “The Darktown Strutters’ Ball. Characters — Mickey Mouse, Pluto Credits: Director — Dave Hand Animation [...]

Walt Disney – Jack And Old Mac – 1956

musical shorts in one. First is a swingin’ rendition of “The House That Jack Built” boasting imaginative animation in which the writing of a word turns into its meaning (such as “cow” turning into a cow, and so on). Second and longer is “Old McDonald Had a Band”, where instrument sounds replace the traditional barnyard [...]

Rickenbacker Guitars

The Rickenbacker International Corporation (RIC) grew out of the first company founded for the sole purpose of creating and manufacturing fully electric musical instruments and amplifiers-the Los Angeles-based Electro String Instrument Corporation. Founded in 1931 by Adolph Rickenbacker and George D. Beauchamp, this pioneering firm produced “Rickenbacker Electro Instruments”, the first modern electric guitars. RIC’s [...]

Purchasing Second Hand Instruments

When instrument shopping you can certainly save quite a bit of money if you purchase a second hand instrument. However, you can also end up wasting a lot of money by purchasing a second hand instrument. Second hand instruments can be a good value for your money, but you have to be careful about what [...]

Stradivari violin, “The Antonius,” played by Eric Grossman – Part 2 of 2

Learn more about this exquisite violin: www.metmuseum.org See Musical Instruments to learn more about other instruments in the Museum’s collection, and to see a list of upcoming concerts. www.metmuseum.org The concert violinist Eric Grossman performs the chaconne from the Partita no. 2 in D Minor by JS Bach (1685 – 1750) on a violin made [...]

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