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Month: October 2019

“Marble Machine” and “Pipe Dreams”

I am currently taking a break from writing TumbleStone Blog posts while I am busy selling my home and buying a new place near Whanganui. A diversion for those wanting to look at something in the interim…

An amazing machine making music:

A digital animation along the same lines:

Unknown's avatarAuthor tumblestoneblogPosted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019Categories Music1 Comment on “Marble Machine” and “Pipe Dreams”

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