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08/21/2006

World's First Self-Playing Violin

"Virtuoso" is claimed to be the world's first self-playing violin. Basically, "an invisible hand glides the bow across the strings producing a genuine violin sound -- with no human in sight." One drawback, it costs a whopping $17,500. Video after the jump.
Developed by Paroutaud Music Laboratories, the Virtuoso violin was invented by TV and film scorer Fred Paroutaud and the late Dr. Thomas Paine, administrator of NASA during the Apollo moon flights and the former president of Northrop Corporation
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Posted at 08/21/2006 03:36am by kayne001
sounds a little electronic. Wish they used a type of motorized sliders for where the hand (that slides against the strings), might have sounded more human? No? I dunno, just when I see Asimo; i think they can do better. (I'm just refering to technology in general)
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Posted at 08/21/2006 05:41am by bob
umm sorry this cant be possible. House on the Rock in Wisconsin Dells has a display of numerous insturments that self-play. One, which im sure, is a violin, that or some sort or stringed insturment, but I'm sure this isnt the FIRST one out there.
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Posted at 08/21/2006 06:17am by ahmet
i think tech is takeing over peoples jobs and i day everything will be baced on tech and nobody will have jobs eccept for the people makeing and developing them
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Posted at 08/21/2006 08:54am by alex d
thats a pretty cool instrument but its not really a violin inasmuch as the cords arent actually used to play it, and the pitch isnt controlled on the top section and, yeah, the sound isnt pure, it sounds pretty bad
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Posted at 08/21/2006 1:01pm by bob
There are several (at least 20 or 30) automated violins at The House on the Rock, coin-operated and hand made to boot. you can see a picture of one of the rooms that contain them on the WikiPedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_on_the_Rock a pic on my flickr account that shows them better. http://www.flickr.com/photos/97466824@N00/178655900/
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Posted at 08/21/2006 3:09pm by Dan
They are actually 100 years too late http://www.marvin3m.com/arcade/violano.htm
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Posted at 08/21/2006 6:46pm by Theros
That's crazy! Doesn't sound like a real human played violin though... Sounds just like a midi file lol...
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Posted at 08/21/2006 10:57pm by Lokesh Kumar
This is another example of how technology is shaping everything. Imagine closure of all violin teaching schools and teachers or conversion of those schools to teaching only how to program these violins.
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Posted at 08/22/2006 02:31am by Jake
They were making these back in 1909. http://www.playerpianos.com/mills_violano.html You wan watch a video of it here: http://www.collectorsworldinc.com/lookup.php?id=66
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Posted at 08/22/2006 06:34am by info
How can they claim this to be a violin? It has a 40W speakers sitting beneath it. Not to mention they can't do vibrato?! arghhh
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Posted at 08/22/2006 5:36pm by www.enchilame.com
Un violín que se toca solo! Este es el violín que toca solo y su nombre es Virtuoso. En el video pueden ver un ejemplo de su funcionamiento y de como suena. Utiliza un sistema distinto al que usa una persona para tocar el violín, puesto que en lugar de pulsar las cuerdas para c...
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Posted at 08/28/2006 4:04pm by John Bottoms
Hardly the first "self-playing violin". That title goes to the Mills Violano Virtuoso, manufactured many years ago. There's even a repair book for it on Amazon.
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