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A pocket trumpet with a clarinet mouthpiece and a reed made out of a metrocard. Probably would be played better by anyone who knew how to play a trumpet or a clarinet.

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I had a short time to make something with the Disklaviers before it was time to put them away.

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What should you do when a piece of the ceiling collapses?

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My toy chihuahua always barks 26 times in a row. I sent out a call for very short 26-beat compositions for piano and chihuahua, and received over 50 scores from 15 composers.

The computer listens to the dog and plays back the scores in time with its yaps.

See the chihuahua, hear all the microscores, and much more at the Qubit Machine Music Festival tomorrow 2/12 through Friday in NYC! qubitmusic.com/machine-music.html

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I wired up my MIDI wind chimes to a Disklavier robot piano as part of the preparations for the Machine Music festival this week.

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Sometimes a chunk of aluminum wants to become a nice shiny whistle.

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I’m trying to learn how to use the teensy 3.1 microcontroller for audio. I’m off to a glitchy start.