A person with faaaaaaaar to much time on their hands...

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2004-01-25 06:15pm

http://www.henrylim.org/Harpsichord.html

Yeah, it frightened me, too.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-01-25 06:20pm

Hmm, wonder if you could do that with a guitar?

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-01-25 07:17pm

Seen it. Listen to the audio. It appears he failed at making a real instrument because it sounds like crap.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-01-25 07:19pm

Could be recording quality, but LEGO isn't known for acoustics.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2004-01-25 07:19pm

Well, come on.. it's made out of fucking pieces of plastic.. of course it's going to sound like crap.

But good lord, he really has too much time on his hands, but it's people like him that enable me to waste 5 minutes of my otherwise boring Sunday.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-25 07:57pm

Well, harpsichords in general aren't all that melodic. I'll listen to the clip after I'm done with Beethoven's 9th symphony, the choral finale. (I'm trying out for the opening bass solo and have to get this down.)

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2004-01-25 08:11pm

Trytostaydead is right. Of course it ain't gonna have good aucustics, it's made out of semi-hollow plastic. There's no way in hell it's gonna sound good.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-01-25 08:14pm

Although it doesn't sound all that great, the fact that it's built entirely out of Lego blocks is still pretty impressive. I'm amazed that it didn't fall apart or not play at all.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2004-01-25 08:22pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Although it doesn't sound all that great, the fact that it's built entirely out of Lego blocks is still pretty impressive. I'm amazed that it didn't fall apart or not play at all.

That was my point. Someone actually managed to build one that would work.

Crazy Goji · Post by **Crazy Goji** » 2004-01-25 08:37pm

Yeah, if I had that many LEGO's, I'd friggin make a huge-ass add-on to my Imperial Base. Making a musical instrument out of LEGO's is pointless. Make something cool like a castle or a space base or something. That's what they are for!

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-01-25 08:54pm

Seen it.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2004-01-25 08:56pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Seen it.

Oh fine. How about this?

justifier · Post by **justifier** » 2004-01-25 09:18pm

Meh, the loading LEGO berreta was way cooler

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-01-26 01:19am

Thanks:
- Robert Portillo, for expertise and wire
- Umberto Belfiore, for recording and helping with the lid
- Eric Harshbarger, for leg attachment assistance
- Mike Wong, for bumping into it and dude, proving just how stable it is
- UCLA Music Library, for reference material

The coincidence was too great for me to pass up.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-01-26 02:15am

He's ever EVERYWHERE!
He must be hiding a matter displacer in his garage.

Silly engineer.