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We once told you about Athanasius Kircher’s cat piano, a concept instrument composed of a group of cats that one “played” by striking their tails, causing them to meow. “Sound sculptor” Henry Dagg made just such an instrument, using toy cats in place of live cats. This performance for the Prince of Wales took place Friday at the START eco-festival in London. Link -via Arbroath
PS: The blogger we refer to as Arbroath is celebrating his 50th birthday today!
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Neatorama’s counter protest to A Day Without Cats deserve its own commemorative T-shirt, and what better design than this: from 1650, here’s the Katzenklavier, a crazy musical instrument designed by Athanasius Kircher, a 17th century German Jesuit scholar:
The piano was designed to raise the spirits of an Italian prince who was too stressed out. The musician would select cats whose voices were at different pitches then arrange them in the pens accordingly. The piano delivered sharp pokes into the tails of the cats. (Source)
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Previously on Neatorama : Cat Piano (2006)
