The "Piattuino" (Piattuino technical presentation)

YouTube ^ | Jan 6, 2019 | Hans

[ProtectOurFreedom]

This presentation shows the technical concept of Hans' musical instrument robot, the Piattuino. The name is a synthesis of the Italian word “Piatto” (means plate) and “Arduino”, the famous open source hardware (micro controller) platform. Hans shows you how he started this project and explains the principal schematics of the Piattuino controller. Finally, you can hear some song examples.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Now this is fun and completely different. Take a break from politics and enjoy Hans describing his new musical instrument, the "Piattuino."

Hans was inspired by these musicians he met in Chile...

Here's Hans playing his Piattuino with drumsticks...

Hans first had to carefully find 30 different plates with the right tone and pitch! That alone had to be a time-consuming and painstaking project. In his YouTube video, he gives and excellent technical description of how he built the Piattuino.

Here is one solenoid actuator with one of the plates...

Skip to 5 minutes to hear his Piattuino in action. He plays three songs, "Rocco Granata Marina," "Rondo alla Turca," and "Great Balls of Fire." Talk about sampling a wide variety of music! I think the Rondo is the best.

I've been developing on the Arduino platform the past month or so with the intention of using it to monitor some systems at our vacation home. Those are rather ho-hum, mundane things. But THIS! This is so cool! I love it.

Enjoy!

[Yo-Yo]

Nice, but not as impressive as Wintergaten's Marble Machine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

[Jamestown1630]

Or Ben Franklin’s glass armonica:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQemvyyJ—g

[ADemocratNoMore]

> Nice, but not as impressive as Wintergaten’s Marble Machine:

GMTA - Beat me to it by around 15 minutes. Boy do I miss the “Journal of Experimental Musical Instruments”

[Yo-Yo]

You do know that Wintergaten is building a more robust "Marble Machine X" and plans a world concert tour with it.

I'm subscribed to his YouTube channel.

[ADemocratNoMore]

Then there’s these...

Drone Rock Stars - https://youtu.be/Qlqe1DXnJKQ

GRASP Lab Drones play James Bond theme - https://youtu.be/_sUeGC-8dyk

[ADemocratNoMore]

I’m a subscriber as well. Thry’ve got a most impressive series on the design and construction of Marble Machine II. And, as an added bonus, they make really good music, too !

[ADemocratNoMore]

Two more for you...

https://youtu.be/ENdET29kzdQ

https://youtu.be/MejbOFk7H6c

[Yo-Yo]

Now THAT was cool!

[ADemocratNoMore]

That was way fun, thanks for sharing. I was particularly impressed by both his custom controller and software.

Good luck to you as well in your endeavors with the Arduino & keep us posted. Above all, have fun. I’ve been playing with some of the ideas used by Thomas Wilfred a hundred years or so and I’m having a blast.