Comments on: Textile Technology http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/01/04/textile-technology/ We learn, share, and make things Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Hagler http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/01/04/textile-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-4030 David Hagler Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:53:48 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=1061#comment-4030 I recently read an article about huge textile looms, not the smaller embroidery ones, but it was kinda interesting, those reels of design information was the first form of "software piracy" people would copy them in any way imaginable to steal the design of another company. oh where was the DMCA in 1792 :P I recently read an article about huge textile looms, not the smaller embroidery ones, but it was kinda interesting, those reels of design information was the first form of “software piracy” people would copy them in any way imaginable to steal the design of another company.

oh where was the DMCA in 1792 :P

]]> By: Chris http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/01/04/textile-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-4022 Chris Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:39:39 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=1061#comment-4022 By: Dorit http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/01/04/textile-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-4021 Dorit Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:32:49 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=1061#comment-4021 "player piano" was nearly the same think I thought of - however, I know several people who repair mechanical music instruments (not just pianos), so that's a slightly different thing - even more exciting. The one dozen rows of holes in the picture are nice, but could you imagine a machine running paper rolls with several dozens of rows? Like 60 or 100 ... There's whole orchestras emulated by pianos, pipes/organs, percussion etc. all from times before records had been invented. Really great, so if you come across mechanical music instruments - don't miss to hear and see them work. “player piano” was nearly the same think I thought of – however, I know several people who repair mechanical music instruments (not just pianos), so that’s a slightly different thing – even more exciting.

The one dozen rows of holes in the picture are nice, but could you imagine a machine running paper rolls with several dozens of rows? Like 60 or 100 … There’s whole orchestras emulated by pianos, pipes/organs, percussion etc. all from times before records had been invented.

Really great, so if you come across mechanical music instruments – don’t miss to hear and see them work.

]]> By: Adam http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/01/04/textile-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-4020 Adam Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:14:32 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=1061#comment-4020 We are building this on Wednesday. We are building this on Wednesday.

]]> By: Dave Jacob Hoffman http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/01/04/textile-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-4019 Dave Jacob Hoffman Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:17:07 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=1061#comment-4019 Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut's <i>Player Piano</i>. If they ever make a movie of it, I hope the machines look like the picture you've taken above. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano. If they ever make a movie of it, I hope the machines look like the picture you’ve taken above.

]]>