Comments on: If you tune a whole PIANO with 'em... http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:02:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: slashme http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-6160 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:56:16 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-6160 Wow, the linked Wikipedia article on Alex Chiu was !unanimously! voted for deletion. That's quite unusual. Wow, the linked Wikipedia article on Alex Chiu was !unanimously! voted for deletion. That's quite unusual.

]]> by: solipsistnation http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4643 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:35:17 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4643 When I was at Burning Man last year (...yes, there's a good way to begin lots of stories) there was a guy camped out near us who had a bunch of giant tuning forks with him. He had various sizes from giant forks wide enough to pass around an average-sized person with one tine on either side to smaller ones that you could hold around a leg or an arm. He'd wander around with a fork or two and a rubber mallet and if you seemed, I dunno, out of tune or something he'd take a fork of the appropriate size for what ailed you (whole-body fork for general malaise, limb-sized for for, I dunno. sprained ankle? sore muscles?), whack it with the mallet, and then pass the vibrating tines around the appropriate body part. Or he'd hold the handle end against your back or whatever, which probably felt pretty nice. Also if he was holding against your upper back I bet you could open your mouth and make "wow wow wow" faces and get a sound out, but I don't think anyone tried it... He was a nice guy, but I don't think anyone took him very seriously. When I was at Burning Man last year (...yes, there's a good way to begin lots of stories) there was a guy camped out near us who had a bunch of giant tuning forks with him. He had various sizes from giant forks wide enough to pass around an average-sized person with one tine on either side to smaller ones that you could hold around a leg or an arm. He'd wander around with a fork or two and a rubber mallet and if you seemed, I dunno, out of tune or something he'd take a fork of the appropriate size for what ailed you (whole-body fork for general malaise, limb-sized for for, I dunno. sprained ankle? sore muscles?), whack it with the mallet, and then pass the vibrating tines around the appropriate body part. Or he'd hold the handle end against your back or whatever, which probably felt pretty nice. Also if he was holding against your upper back I bet you could open your mouth and make "wow wow wow" faces and get a sound out, but I don't think anyone tried it...

He was a nice guy, but I don't think anyone took him very seriously.

]]> by: TwoHedWlf http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4612 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:08:20 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4612 The chimes grow in there, those balls are the seeds of the ironwood tree. The chimes grow in there, those balls are the seeds of the ironwood tree.

]]> by: Major Malfunction http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4611 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:53:28 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4611 Balldacious! But the real mystery is, which to answer will open the portal of Nirvana before you, "How do the chimes get <i>in</i> there?" Balldacious! But the real mystery is, which to answer will open the portal of Nirvana before you, "How do the chimes get in there?"

]]> by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4607 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:18:00 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4607 Hmmm. A superficial googling doesn't bring up any pics. I have several sets. Guess it's up to me. More will be forthcoming after the weekend. Hmmm. A superficial googling doesn't bring up any pics. I have several sets. Guess it's up to me. More will be forthcoming after the weekend.

]]> by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4606 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:13:51 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4606 Has anyone ever cracked one of those chime balls open? I'd love to see what it looks like inside. Has anyone ever cracked one of those chime balls open? I'd love to see what it looks like inside.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4605 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:12:35 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4605 Oh, and I like those mysterious <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baoding_Balls">Chinese chime balls</a> too, but plain ball bearings are less chimingly judgemental about less-than-perfect ball-rotating skills (especially in the harder right-hand-anticlockwise, left-hand-clockwise direction), and it's probably a bad idea to smash chime-balls together with paper in between. Oh, and I like those mysterious Chinese chime balls too, but plain ball bearings are less chimingly judgemental about less-than-perfect ball-rotating skills (especially in the harder right-hand-anticlockwise, left-hand-clockwise direction), and it's probably a bad idea to smash chime-balls together with paper in between.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4603 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:18:13 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4603 That part started out with only a little alliteration, which looked weird, so I beefed it up a bit :-). That part started out with only a little alliteration, which looked weird, so I beefed it up a bit :-).

]]> by: Nikola http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4602 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:05:19 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4602 Am I the only one impressed by Dan's alliteration abilities? "Supposedly Special Super Secret Sacred Solfeggio Scale" is too good to have arisen by accident;) Am I the only one impressed by Dan's alliteration abilities? "Supposedly Special Super Secret Sacred Solfeggio Scale" is too good to have arisen by accident;)

]]> by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4601 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:02:29 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/if-you-tune-a-whole-piano-with-em/#comment-4601 Who stole the strawberries? Who stole the strawberries?

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