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Ovation Air Guitar

Posted 2012-05-24 8:40 AM (#454919)
Subject: Ovation Air Guitar

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I was attending the Atlantic Design and Automation show in Philly yesterday and spied this...

What you see below is an Ovation guitar played (fretted, picked, and strummed) by Clippard pnuematic (air) cylinders. They painted the interior of the bowl white so the model is unknown. Supposedly is can play "Stairway to heaven".

Zen

Posted 2012-05-24 9:01 AM (#454921 - in reply to #454919)
Subject: RE: Ovation Air Guitar

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Here's what it sounds like:

FlySig

Posted 2012-05-24 11:12 AM (#454930 - in reply to #454919)
Subject: Re: Ovation Air Guitar

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Sort of a modern harpsichord.

bburg

Posted 2012-05-24 11:31 AM (#454933 - in reply to #454919)
Subject: Re: Ovation Air Guitar

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Oh, no! I want to play my guitars by myself.

Bernie

SOBeach

Posted 2012-05-24 1:24 PM (#454940 - in reply to #454919)
Subject: RE: Ovation Air Guitar

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Neat! It's sort of a real-life version of those imaginary 3D animated instruments on the Animusic DVDs.

Was the pneumatic operation controlled via computer programming?

Darkbar

Posted 2012-05-24 2:01 PM (#454943 - in reply to #454919)
Subject: RE: Ovation Air Guitar

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auriemma - 2012-05-24 9:40 AM

Supposedly is can play "Stairway to heaven".

Big deal. I only have one fancy button and I can play Stairway to Heaven.

MWoody

Posted 2012-05-24 2:19 PM (#454946 - in reply to #454919)
Subject: Re: Ovation Air Guitar

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Rube Goldberg would be so proud!
Good find.

Damon67

Posted 2012-05-24 2:54 PM (#454949 - in reply to #454919)
Subject: Re: Ovation Air Guitar

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No soul, lacks feeling... very mechanical