My new favorite channel is the Science channel, and my new favorite TV show is "How do they do it?"
I spent about 4 hours the other night learning about all sorts of crap. The laser printer is an awesome marvel of chemistry and physics. I had no idea. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://blogs.discovery.com/news_archaeorama/2009/03/the-metallic-crisp-and-bright-sound-of-the-epigonion-a-harp-like-musical-instrument-that-was-last-played-in-ancient-greece.html > > Scientists Revive Long-Lost Ancient Greek Instrument > > The metallic, crisp and bright sound of the epigonion, a harp-like musical > instrument that was last played in ancient Greece, has finally been heard > again -- thanks to powerful grid computing. > > To know more about this intriguing project, just read my Discovery News > story here. If you're curious as to what exactly an epigonion sounded like, > here are two sonatas by Italian Baroque composer, Domenico Scarlatti (1685 > 1757). They are entirely played by a resurrected epigonion. > -- > > and there are two samples of what the mustic sounds like. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292271 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
