French cello soloist Emmanuel Bleuse was born into a family of musicians. His father was a composer and his mother, an opera singer. Bleuse has since passed the tradition onto his family of eight — ...

[Chris Gregg] had a dream. He wanted to convert use a typewriter as a printer. Sure this has been done before, but [Chris] wanted to create his own version. He picked up a 60’s era Smith Corona ...

This typewriter is modified to play a different note with every key pressed. It’s a neat idea, but if you’re actually typing words the music it produces is similar to the music produced by a cat ...

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A thrumming rhythm fills the room. Six men and one woman sit across from each other at two tables. A syncopated beat builds slowly. A space bar clicking. A call bell dinging. The even tap, tap, tap, ...

The instrument of choice for the Boston Typewriter Orchestra is precisely what you might think — typewriters. The orchestra collective uses vintage typewriters toinfuse their music with a distinctive ...

There are cheaper and quicker ways of getting your hands on a printer — but hackers and makers will at least give credit to the creator of this music-playing printer/typewriter for its originality.