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Ali Nikrang, researcher & artist at the Ars Electronica Futurelab with a background in both music and technology during the sound-setup for Ma Mère L’Oye (by Maurice Ravel), a concert with Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies.
Credit: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl
Handmade Tahitian Ukulele #10 "Violinoid"
Violin (SUZUKI 1979) body,bridge and tailpiece.
Agathis neck.
Ebony fingerboard.
Cattle Bone nut.
8 fluorocarbon fishing line strings.
Gear pegs.
18 frets.
414mm scale.
Sound test video
Shot with a Canon 500D on 720 res, RC Heng Long, Customised Tiger Tank.
Full metal tracks, firing function and sound.
Testing the camera.
Ali Nikrang, researcher & artist at the Ars Electronica Futurelab with a background in both music and technology during the sound-setup for Ma Mère L’Oye (by Maurice Ravel), a concert with Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies.
Credit: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl
A replica of the English Stonehenge sits on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River in Washington. It was the first memorial to honor U.S. soldiers killed in World War I.
This Stonehenge is the creation, not of Druids, but of Sam Hill, a dreamer and entrepreneur who founded the Maryhill community along the shores of the Columbia in the early 1900s.
Memorial Honors Local Fallen Soldiers
Back then it was generally believed the English Stonehenge was built for human sacrifice. Hill believed that war was mankind’s greatest sacrifice. Thus he built his own Stonehenge to honor Klickitat County soldiers who died in World War I. Plaques bearing the names of the 13 soldiers killed in this war are attached to the inner circle of pillars.
Located in Klickitat County in southcentral Washington, Stonehenge was dedicated in 1918, but not completed until 1930. Hill died shortly after that and is buried on a hillside about 50 feet below his Stonehenge. A few hundred yards to the north is a newer memorial, this one bearing the names of local soldiers killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
The dedication plaque at this Stonehenge reads:
In memory of the soldiers of Klickitat County who gave their lives in defense of their country. This monument is erected in the hope that others inspired by the example of their valor and their heroism may share in that love of liberty and burn with that fire of patriotism which death can alone quench.
While made of concrete, instead of stone, Washington’s Stonehenge is sufficiently similar to the real thing that British researchers from the University of Huddersfield descended upon Maryhill in July 2008 to conduct sound tests, in an effort to determine how sounds worked in that ancient English formation.
Views of Mighty Columbia Are Stunning
The English Stonehenge sits on a plain. Washington’s Stonehenge, on the other hand, sits on a high bluff which offers commanding views of the Columbia River Gorge for miles and miles. The small community of Maryhill is located below the bluff. This community is made up mainly of orchards which operate fruit stands in the summer.
Washington’s Stonehenge is located on Highway 14, about a mile east of the junction with Highway 97. It is visible from both roads, but the entrance is on Highway 14. Stonehenge is open year-round; there is no admission charge, except for special activities sponsored by Maryhill Museum of Art. The museum schedules plays, poetry readings and other activities during its open season, which runs from March 15 to November 15.
This Stonehenge Is Part of Maryhill Museum Complex
The American Stonehenge is part of the Maryhill Museum of Art complex. The Maryhill Museum is located three miles to the west on Highway 14. Highway 14 runs parallel to Interstate 84 in Oregon. Freeway travelers should exit at Biggs Junction, then cross the Sam Hill Bridge on Highway 97 to connect with Highway 14. Maryhill is located about 12 miles south of Goldendale, Washington, the nearest town of any size.
Highway 14 in Washington State is both desolate and stunning. On one side are golden rolling hills filled with orchards, crops and wind farms. On the other side is a verdant valley through which the mighty Columbia flows.
Tucked into the middle of all of this scenery in the tiny town of Maryhill, Washington sits Washington State’s very own Stonehenge.
Built in the early 1900s by Sam Hill (what in the Sam Hill? Yeah - that guy) as a memorial to WWI soldiers from Klickitat County who died in the war, Washington’s Stonehenge is a full-sized, near exact replica of the original. Walking through its symmetrical layout and peeking at the crops that show between its pillars, one almost expects to see a crop circle.
The drive and the views are gorgeous. The wind is ferocious (hence the wind generators, I suppose). If you need more than scenery and a roadside oddity, you can also stop in Maryhill and visit the Maryhill Winery and Maryhill Museum, which is Sam Hill’s former mansion on the Columbia. The museum is (as many mansions are) rumored to be haunted.
Handmade Tahitian Ukulele #10 "Violinoid"
Violin (SUZUKI 1979) body,bridge and tailpiece.
Agathis neck.
Ebony fingerboard.
Cattle Bone nut.
8 fluorocarbon fishing line strings.
Gear pegs.
18 frets.
414mm scale.
Sound test video
no laughing at the piano player. i know how bad my playing is. that said this is a wankel und temmler circa 1845-1865 CE.this is a piece we've been restoring.it's last tuning was aprox. 9 months ago. 2 strings have gone out of tune (and it's missing 1 string) but compared to the way it sounded when it first got here-WOW.i was told that it might need a few tunings to get it fully balanced.oh yeah, and next time i'll turn of the fountains before recording.
Handmade Tahitian Ukulele #10 "Violinoid"
Violin (SUZUKI 1979) body,bridge and tailpiece.
Agathis neck.
Ebony fingerboard.
Cattle Bone nut.
8 fluorocarbon fishing line strings.
Gear pegs.
18 frets.
414mm scale.
Sound test video
University of Waterloo's car passes tilt and sound tests at Formula Hybrid.
Photo by Mayellen Matson.
Handmade Tahitian Ukulele #10 "Violinoid"
Violin (SUZUKI 1979) body,bridge and tailpiece.
Agathis neck.
Ebony fingerboard.
Cattle Bone nut.
8 fluorocarbon fishing line strings.
Gear pegs.
18 frets.
414mm scale.
Sound test video
Gocoo's performance seemed unsurpassable although I knew Asif Ali Khan was a different kettle of fish entirely. They came on stage for sound tests at about 4.15pm and I started snapping away. They were just as good then as they were in their show, which began at 5pm. Their qawwali had crescendos of huge intensity, sung with an enormous range of expressions, gestures, gesticulations, etc. It was easy to see how devotees of Sufism can become entranced by this rhythmic transcendental whirlwind. By the time they’d finished, I was on cloud nine. It was so beautiful, a work of pure grace.
ElectroVoice Sentry 100a vintage nearfield studio monitors
TEAC Reference Series PD-H500 R-H500 A-H500
YAMAHA P1600 power amp
Metallica Black album
© 2010 Kenneth Onulak
This is my Junior Degree Project that I worked over the Spring semester at RISD. I got the original concept of creating a cutout animation for art made with a single sheet of paper and the stratastencil technique.
I wanted the animation to have a dream like quality exploring the reality and space in which the dream exists and felt that the cutout technique fit this idea. Color was another consideration that I built into the design of the animation to help enhance the dreamlike qualities of the film. From here the idea grew and as I did studies involving birds, umbrellas, water, trees, and other things I was able to refine my idea and break it down to find the core essentials of the film.
Once I had my subject matter down and I was able to start animating. Most of the animation is hand drawn (the tree was drawn by hand then animated in Adobe After Effects). Once I had the animation drawn, I filled it all in with black marker, shot it, and brought it into Adobe After Effects and ran an auto trace on it to create that cutout effect.
To create the final look of the film, I started with a basic mockup frame that I used to make rough style frames and an animatic with. Later applying the animation over the animatic to create a fine cut, while using it to do render tests and get a feel of how the workflow was going to work out. From there I made the final frame and created 7 colored backings for it, which I swapped out while hanging the frame in different places on the wall. I lit the frame to give it the shadows in the image and used these pictures later, compositing them together so that they were all hanging on the wall at the same time.
After that it was matter of compositing in all the animation, adding a drop shadow to the paper to make it flow better with the look and feel of the frame, and lots of rendering.
For the sound I partnered with a student from the Berklee School of Music in Boston named John Nolan. I explained to him what I was looking for and through different sound tests and experiments he was able to narrow down specific instruments to use. With every edit to the sound I would provide some notes, feedback and things I thought would help add to the sound as well as strengthen the animation. John took those ideas and applied them with other elements to create a really beautiful final soundtrack.
All of this came together over a 12 week period to create this final film. Feel free to comment and enjoy!
Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Kenneth Onulak.
Original caption: A lovely newcomer to the screen is 18-year-old Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn is a former baby sitter who is now sitting pretty with a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. The 18-year-old Los Angeles beauty has had a busy schedule since being signed a few weeks ago. Her day includes dancing and dramatic lessons, wardrobe fittings, script reading and voice culture, press interviews, color and sound tests. Marilyn is shown here taking the test that landed her a role in a new picture, 1947
Handmade Tahitian Ukulele #10 "Violinoid"
Violin (SUZUKI 1979) body,bridge and tailpiece.
Agathis neck.
Ebony fingerboard.
Cattle Bone nut.
8 fluorocarbon fishing line strings.
Gear pegs.
18 frets.
414mm scale.
Sound test video
A replica of the English Stonehenge sits on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River in Washington. It was the first memorial to honor U.S. soldiers killed in World War I.
This Stonehenge is the creation, not of Druids, but of Sam Hill, a dreamer and entrepreneur who founded the Maryhill community along the shores of the Columbia in the early 1900s.
Memorial Honors Local Fallen Soldiers
Back then it was generally believed the English Stonehenge was built for human sacrifice. Hill believed that war was mankind’s greatest sacrifice. Thus he built his own Stonehenge to honor Klickitat County soldiers who died in World War I. Plaques bearing the names of the 13 soldiers killed in this war are attached to the inner circle of pillars.
Located in Klickitat County in southcentral Washington, Stonehenge was dedicated in 1918, but not completed until 1930. Hill died shortly after that and is buried on a hillside about 50 feet below his Stonehenge. A few hundred yards to the north is a newer memorial, this one bearing the names of local soldiers killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
The dedication plaque at this Stonehenge reads:
In memory of the soldiers of Klickitat County who gave their lives in defense of their country. This monument is erected in the hope that others inspired by the example of their valor and their heroism may share in that love of liberty and burn with that fire of patriotism which death can alone quench.
While made of concrete, instead of stone, Washington’s Stonehenge is sufficiently similar to the real thing that British researchers from the University of Huddersfield descended upon Maryhill in July 2008 to conduct sound tests, in an effort to determine how sounds worked in that ancient English formation.
Views of Mighty Columbia Are Stunning
The English Stonehenge sits on a plain. Washington’s Stonehenge, on the other hand, sits on a high bluff which offers commanding views of the Columbia River Gorge for miles and miles. The small community of Maryhill is located below the bluff. This community is made up mainly of orchards which operate fruit stands in the summer.
Washington’s Stonehenge is located on Highway 14, about a mile east of the junction with Highway 97. It is visible from both roads, but the entrance is on Highway 14. Stonehenge is open year-round; there is no admission charge, except for special activities sponsored by Maryhill Museum of Art. The museum schedules plays, poetry readings and other activities during its open season, which runs from March 15 to November 15.
This Stonehenge Is Part of Maryhill Museum Complex
The American Stonehenge is part of the Maryhill Museum of Art complex. The Maryhill Museum is located three miles to the west on Highway 14. Highway 14 runs parallel to Interstate 84 in Oregon. Freeway travelers should exit at Biggs Junction, then cross the Sam Hill Bridge on Highway 97 to connect with Highway 14. Maryhill is located about 12 miles south of Goldendale, Washington, the nearest town of any size.
Highway 14 in Washington State is both desolate and stunning. On one side are golden rolling hills filled with orchards, crops and wind farms. On the other side is a verdant valley through which the mighty Columbia flows.
Tucked into the middle of all of this scenery in the tiny town of Maryhill, Washington sits Washington State’s very own Stonehenge.
Built in the early 1900s by Sam Hill (what in the Sam Hill? Yeah - that guy) as a memorial to WWI soldiers from Klickitat County who died in the war, Washington’s Stonehenge is a full-sized, near exact replica of the original. Walking through its symmetrical layout and peeking at the crops that show between its pillars, one almost expects to see a crop circle.
The drive and the views are gorgeous. The wind is ferocious (hence the wind generators, I suppose). If you need more than scenery and a roadside oddity, you can also stop in Maryhill and visit the Maryhill Winery and Maryhill Museum, which is Sam Hill’s former mansion on the Columbia. The museum is (as many mansions are) rumored to be haunted.
Sonic!
Today I received the call I've been waiting for since I dropped it off two weeks ago. My Sonic Blue hardtail Warmoth Stratocaster guitar was finally ready! Kraig Phillips called me around 2pm EST saying it was all together and he was just needing to adjust the pickup height and it would be ready! So, when I left at 4pm, I grabbed some cash to pay him and headed to his shop. He had it sitting in the teaching area already plugged in and ready for a sound test. Wow, it sounds great! Plenty of power and Strat tone! I put the label on when I got home. I put the turtle logo on the back of the headstock and the name logo on the front.
I'll try to make a video of the guitar in the next couple days. I'm a bit busy with three gigs in a row this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday but we'll see!
This has been my dream guitar for so long I can't remember when it started. I have been planning to build this guitar since at least 1999. Sonic Blue is my favorite old Fender custom color, I've always liked gloss finished necks, and I prefer hardtail bridges to tremolo bridges. If I were to order this guitar from the Fender Custom Shop it would have been well over $4,000. Instead, using Warmoth parts, it was well under $1,000 and just took a little time. Nearly 100% American Made!!! I think only the bridge, tuners, and maybe the volume pot are imported parts.
We will have 12th aniversary tomorrow. I am finally getting healthier but my husband got really sick on Sep. 30th. His both eyes got swollen suddenly... We went to 7 doctors in last 10 days but we still do not know the cause and treatment for it yet. Meanwhile, a doctor found out that he has a huge goiter. Two doctors wanted to cut his neck and remove the goiter immediately without biopsy or anything. Two doctors wanted him to go to a endocrinologist and have some tests. So we went to endocrinologist this morning. He had an ultra-sound test today. We are expecting to get the results end of this week. We still do not know if the goiter was the cause of his eye swelling...
Handmade Tahitian Ukulele #10 "Violinoid"
Violin (SUZUKI 1979) body,bridge and tailpiece.
Agathis neck.
Ebony fingerboard.
Cattle Bone nut.
8 fluorocarbon fishing line strings.
Gear pegs.
18 frets.
414mm scale.
Sound test video
A surround sound test captured using two Zoom H1 X-Y recorders in an arrangement that gives me front left, front right from one recorder (horizontal, pointing at scene); and centre and rear surround (vertical, pointing at sky, display side facing left). This gives me four channels, held on two stereo channels. I tried various ways of mixing the four channels into 5.1, either in fcpx, with lpx, or via Audacity splitting stereo channels into discrete mono channels and mixing those. Many of the results gave me either mono or two channel mono within fcpx sitting within a 5.1 channel set, when the 5.1 surround synchronised clips were then placed in a project. In the end I settled on producing a LRCS quadrophonic set from the Zoom channels, by splitting and recombining within Audacity and exporting as a four channel AIFF in the LRCS channel order. It has to be synced in fcpx and exported first though, as the two recorders have no way of syncing their results otherwise.
The video on this was shot on a Panasonic HC-V720 camcorder, sat still on the ground. It was shot on the 13th of May 2014, down at Royal Albert Dock overlooking London City Airport (LCY).
This Pic was taken at the Renault Sport Track Day at Oulton Park Race circuit near Cheshire.
On 17/11/2009
This is a sound test, using a single monophonic sound source — a Hama RMZ-10 shotgun microphone (wearing a dead cat, it was very windy) mounted on the Panasonic HC-V720 video camera's shoe, so therefore pointing at what the camera sees and only recording what was straight ahead, rejecting side audio as much as possible (as shotgun mics do). The single audio channel was then panned using keyframe animation in fcpx across a 5.1 soundstage, in various ways (first clip, directly left to directly right; other clips, sort of front-ish in various positions of left to right, final clip starts behind you, goes hard left, goes front left, across middle to front right, hard right then back to behind you). This was output as a multitrack quicktime file with two sets of AAC audio tracks, a two-channel stereo AAC and then also a six-channel multitrack 5.1 AAC channel. This might sound like surround to you or it might not. It might even depend on whether your system "knows" that you have multichannel audio output capability or not.
The first sound test was a success! Everything worked the way I expected. What a relief. I still have to tune it to get full range. It seemed to be heavy towards highs...
Satsop is an unfinished Nuclear Power Plant, which commenced construction in 1977 and was stopped in 1983 after a $961,000,000
budget overrun, at only 76% completion. It was maintained, for 11 years, until 1994, when it was finally canceled & in 1995, it was eventually turned Business Park.
Business seem to come and go, but ultimately the place offers a physically strong building built to withstand the force of a nuclear reactor overload and teh impact of a full speed Boeing 747 impact, and with that come some added bonuses like perfectly silent acoustics where one part of the main reactor room has been transformed into a sound testing facility.
Because of the budgetary screwup the common name for Satsop is "whoops", an acronym; WPPSS (Washington Public Power Supply System).
No Sound. Testing out my new Fujifilm and the highspeed recording feature. Still learning the features. I think i forgot to turn off Image stabilizing when on the tripod. You get so caught up on the moment with these owls because you never know if they are will turn and head right for you.
A replica of the English Stonehenge sits on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River in Washington. It was the first memorial to honor U.S. soldiers killed in World War I.
This Stonehenge is the creation, not of Druids, but of Sam Hill, a dreamer and entrepreneur who founded the Maryhill community along the shores of the Columbia in the early 1900s.
Memorial Honors Local Fallen Soldiers
Back then it was generally believed the English Stonehenge was built for human sacrifice. Hill believed that war was mankind’s greatest sacrifice. Thus he built his own Stonehenge to honor Klickitat County soldiers who died in World War I. Plaques bearing the names of the 13 soldiers killed in this war are attached to the inner circle of pillars.
Located in Klickitat County in southcentral Washington, Stonehenge was dedicated in 1918, but not completed until 1930. Hill died shortly after that and is buried on a hillside about 50 feet below his Stonehenge. A few hundred yards to the north is a newer memorial, this one bearing the names of local soldiers killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
The dedication plaque at this Stonehenge reads:
In memory of the soldiers of Klickitat County who gave their lives in defense of their country. This monument is erected in the hope that others inspired by the example of their valor and their heroism may share in that love of liberty and burn with that fire of patriotism which death can alone quench.
While made of concrete, instead of stone, Washington’s Stonehenge is sufficiently similar to the real thing that British researchers from the University of Huddersfield descended upon Maryhill in July 2008 to conduct sound tests, in an effort to determine how sounds worked in that ancient English formation.
Views of Mighty Columbia Are Stunning
The English Stonehenge sits on a plain. Washington’s Stonehenge, on the other hand, sits on a high bluff which offers commanding views of the Columbia River Gorge for miles and miles. The small community of Maryhill is located below the bluff. This community is made up mainly of orchards which operate fruit stands in the summer.
Washington’s Stonehenge is located on Highway 14, about a mile east of the junction with Highway 97. It is visible from both roads, but the entrance is on Highway 14. Stonehenge is open year-round; there is no admission charge, except for special activities sponsored by Maryhill Museum of Art. The museum schedules plays, poetry readings and other activities during its open season, which runs from March 15 to November 15.
This Stonehenge Is Part of Maryhill Museum Complex
The American Stonehenge is part of the Maryhill Museum of Art complex. The Maryhill Museum is located three miles to the west on Highway 14. Highway 14 runs parallel to Interstate 84 in Oregon. Freeway travelers should exit at Biggs Junction, then cross the Sam Hill Bridge on Highway 97 to connect with Highway 14. Maryhill is located about 12 miles south of Goldendale, Washington, the nearest town of any size.
Highway 14 in Washington State is both desolate and stunning. On one side are golden rolling hills filled with orchards, crops and wind farms. On the other side is a verdant valley through which the mighty Columbia flows.
Tucked into the middle of all of this scenery in the tiny town of Maryhill, Washington sits Washington State’s very own Stonehenge.
Built in the early 1900s by Sam Hill (what in the Sam Hill? Yeah - that guy) as a memorial to WWI soldiers from Klickitat County who died in the war, Washington’s Stonehenge is a full-sized, near exact replica of the original. Walking through its symmetrical layout and peeking at the crops that show between its pillars, one almost expects to see a crop circle.
The drive and the views are gorgeous. The wind is ferocious (hence the wind generators, I suppose). If you need more than scenery and a roadside oddity, you can also stop in Maryhill and visit the Maryhill Winery and Maryhill Museum, which is Sam Hill’s former mansion on the Columbia. The museum is (as many mansions are) rumored to be haunted.
My son, Jason, is the reason I have the iPhone X. When I opened the box and saw the earbuds, I told him he could have them as a spare set, because I certainly don't need them, what with me being Deafy McNoHear over here. But something happened...
This is a copy/paste of my Facebook post about it..
While I was fiddling with the settings on the way home [from the cell phone place], I discovered that there's a thing in the sound to change it to "mono sound". So I did. Then I waited till I set up my music (which I did [yesterday]) and then I listened to my "sound test" song. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen- because of all the harmony and vocalization.
Y'see, I never knew this, but when you listen through headphones/earbuds/pods/tiny satellite dishes on your ears, the sound gets split between the two sides. I discovered this about ten years ago when Kat [my daughter] and I worked in a warehouse together and we were allowed to listen to music with headphones (we weren't driving forklifts or anything). It had been YEARS since I listened through headphones that wasn't a radio station. That's when I discovered that I was missing a bunch of lyrics and music.
So, over the years, I've looked for and found a mono-earbud. They're not overly expensive, mostly made like crap. My most recent purchase was a pack of five for like six bucks.
I sat here, after everything was synced and ready. I put my left earbud in, hit play on "Bohemian Rhapsody" and braced for the inevitable... And I heard it all. All of it. ALL. All the voices. All the music. ALL. OF. IT. Then I got weepy.
It plays in its entirety through both buds instead of splitting it in the "mono sound" setting. I've never had that before. The mono buds almost always have that crappy sound, even if you adjust your sound on your device. And the Apple earbuds sound so much better than the mono-buds I've had in the past.
I've listened to the song through both sides, all the way through, just to check it out before typing all this up. Now I'm just gonna sit here and happy-cry about music. ALL. OF. IT.
Today, I listened to more music and while I didn't happy-cry about it, I was teary-eyed and I did dance while I was cooking dinner. That's when I took this shot in my kitchen, wearing one-half of my Apple iPhone earbuds and listening to music. ALL. OF. IT.
A replica of the English Stonehenge sits on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River in Washington. It was the first memorial to honor U.S. soldiers killed in World War I.
This Stonehenge is the creation, not of Druids, but of Sam Hill, a dreamer and entrepreneur who founded the Maryhill community along the shores of the Columbia in the early 1900s.
Memorial Honors Local Fallen Soldiers
Back then it was generally believed the English Stonehenge was built for human sacrifice. Hill believed that war was mankind’s greatest sacrifice. Thus he built his own Stonehenge to honor Klickitat County soldiers who died in World War I. Plaques bearing the names of the 13 soldiers killed in this war are attached to the inner circle of pillars.
Located in Klickitat County in southcentral Washington, Stonehenge was dedicated in 1918, but not completed until 1930. Hill died shortly after that and is buried on a hillside about 50 feet below his Stonehenge. A few hundred yards to the north is a newer memorial, this one bearing the names of local soldiers killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
The dedication plaque at this Stonehenge reads:
In memory of the soldiers of Klickitat County who gave their lives in defense of their country. This monument is erected in the hope that others inspired by the example of their valor and their heroism may share in that love of liberty and burn with that fire of patriotism which death can alone quench.
While made of concrete, instead of stone, Washington’s Stonehenge is sufficiently similar to the real thing that British researchers from the University of Huddersfield descended upon Maryhill in July 2008 to conduct sound tests, in an effort to determine how sounds worked in that ancient English formation.
Views of Mighty Columbia Are Stunning
The English Stonehenge sits on a plain. Washington’s Stonehenge, on the other hand, sits on a high bluff which offers commanding views of the Columbia River Gorge for miles and miles. The small community of Maryhill is located below the bluff. This community is made up mainly of orchards which operate fruit stands in the summer.
Washington’s Stonehenge is located on Highway 14, about a mile east of the junction with Highway 97. It is visible from both roads, but the entrance is on Highway 14. Stonehenge is open year-round; there is no admission charge, except for special activities sponsored by Maryhill Museum of Art. The museum schedules plays, poetry readings and other activities during its open season, which runs from March 15 to November 15.
This Stonehenge Is Part of Maryhill Museum Complex
The American Stonehenge is part of the Maryhill Museum of Art complex. The Maryhill Museum is located three miles to the west on Highway 14. Highway 14 runs parallel to Interstate 84 in Oregon. Freeway travelers should exit at Biggs Junction, then cross the Sam Hill Bridge on Highway 97 to connect with Highway 14. Maryhill is located about 12 miles south of Goldendale, Washington, the nearest town of any size.
Highway 14 in Washington State is both desolate and stunning. On one side are golden rolling hills filled with orchards, crops and wind farms. On the other side is a verdant valley through which the mighty Columbia flows.
Tucked into the middle of all of this scenery in the tiny town of Maryhill, Washington sits Washington State’s very own Stonehenge.
Built in the early 1900s by Sam Hill (what in the Sam Hill? Yeah - that guy) as a memorial to WWI soldiers from Klickitat County who died in the war, Washington’s Stonehenge is a full-sized, near exact replica of the original. Walking through its symmetrical layout and peeking at the crops that show between its pillars, one almost expects to see a crop circle.
The drive and the views are gorgeous. The wind is ferocious (hence the wind generators, I suppose). If you need more than scenery and a roadside oddity, you can also stop in Maryhill and visit the Maryhill Winery and Maryhill Museum, which is Sam Hill’s former mansion on the Columbia. The museum is (as many mansions are) rumored to be haunted.
DRS 66422 with TransPennine 68026 'Enterprise' on the rear Passes Needham Market working 6Z69 Sizewell - Stowmarket with 20 JNA Wagons after a couple of days Sound testing on the Sizewell branch - 6th August 2020
Handmade Tahitian Ukulele #10 "Violinoid"
Violin (SUZUKI 1979) body,bridge and tailpiece.
Agathis neck.
Ebony fingerboard.
Cattle Bone nut.
8 fluorocarbon fishing line strings.
Gear pegs.
18 frets.
414mm scale.
Sound test video
Stereo sound tests shown on the Crystal Palace transmitter over Christmas after programmes had ended.
Building Ray Wilson's WSG, with first sound test through Ernie's pedals and amp. Lovely party drone!
Handmade Tahitian Ukulele #10 "Violinoid"
Violin (SUZUKI 1979) body,bridge and tailpiece.
Agathis neck.
Ebony fingerboard.
Cattle Bone nut.
8 fluorocarbon fishing line strings.
Gear pegs.
18 frets.
414mm scale.
Sound test video
Handmade Tahitian Ukulele #1
Japanese Cherry body, soundboard, and bridge.
Acrylic nut.
Fluorocarbon line strings.
12 frets.
412mm scale.
Sound test video
1990s era Overland P-1a upgraded to Soundtraxx sound. Test fitting components. Had to remove two stock weights. Area toward ends occupied by cab details. Running qualities are excellent. Dust IS weathering, right?