Aaron Sherwood
Sonia Li
Steve Cordova

Glockentar

Robotic glockenspiel triggered by plucking guitar strings, with beams of light projected on the strings.

http://aaron-sherwood.com/works/glockentar/

Classes
Introduction to Physical Computing


What do you do when you want to play two instruments at the same time? Build a machine to help you out of course! The Glockentar takes the parts of a hacked up guitar and glockenspiel and combines them with solenoids and an Arduino. Each time a guitar string is plucked a corresponding bell is struck by a solenoid. To add a little synthesia to the experience a beam of light flows up and down the length of the string when it is plucked as well.