Record Player Plays Trees Instead Of Records

German artist Bartholomäus Traubeck modified a record player to analyze and translate the growth rings of trees into music. And it’s super creepy. posted on January 23, 2012 at 9:51am EST

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Record Player Plays Trees Instead Of Records

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The head of the leading Tree Ring Lab localed at the University of Arizona is thinking about having tree rings played when they finally open their new lab. If they get someone to compose the giant tree with all the tree rings that they have, it should take over an hour to play.
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Oak is so mainstream, if it isn’t spruce or possibly birch you arent even listening to real music.
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I WAS LISTENING TO THE GROWTH RINGS OF TREES BEFORE IT WAS COOL!!!
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