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Hudebni Nastroje U Zlateho Kohouta - the beautiful little musical instrument store next door to our studio. It means: Musical Instruments at the Golden Rooster (lots of restaurants, shops, or hotels in old town identify themselves from ornaments, like the golden rooster, dating back to when there weren't street names)
Public domain clip-art that I colorized or transparencyized (e.g., remove the background and leave it transparent).
365 project. My newish glasses and Nikon D7100 with Nikkor 18-140mm lens. Photographed on an old lawn chair cushion now serving as a cushion on an old dining chair out in my above ground, unplugged man-cave, the boathouse. Lovely warm day, hot in the sun but comfortable in the shade. Georgian Bay moving slightly to mumble against the shore. I suppose my vision is my strongest sense. Now that I am blind in my right eye Seeing is changed. I find from my persnickety balance, that this solid camera and longish, heavy lens can try to unbalance me when I draw it up to my eye. It is my best camera rig and heaviest. I bought before my balance went awry. I am getting better at maintaining balance with it when it enhances my one working eye.
A physical challenge: Hold the camera from the top with the left hand (palm down). Stretch forefinger of left hand over to press shutter without shaking the camera. Try it; it's not easy! I reckon there won't be many pictures of cellos on flickr taken from this perspective. (Taken for the TNC weekly challenge - unusual angles and perspectives.)
The Lexus LS, back in 1990, had launched the Japanese luxury car revolution, offering all the refinement and performance of American and German luxury cars, at a better quality, at much cheaper prices. Lexus's legendary dealer service also redefined the luxury car experience. The resounding success of Lexus is now an industry legend, and is currently being repeated by Hyundai with its Genesis and Equus luxury cars (though minus the dedicated dealers and their service).
Over 20 years later, the LS is still a very respectable luxury car. The 600h ("h" stands for hybrid) uses a 5.0L V8 gasoline engine combined with an electric motor, to deliver power close to that of a 6.0L V12 engine (hence the 600 moniker), while offering more typical V8 economy. It is intended to compete with German V12 luxury flagships, such as the Mercedes-Benz S600 or the BMW 760Li. And it is not cheap either; starting price is over $112,000 right up there in German territory. I think I will pass. A standard LS, the LS460, still is well above $70,000.
The instrument cluster looks nice, though like those of many other luxury cars of today, all gauges are virtual, displayed on a blank screen. I would hate to break that screen.
Seen at Los Angeles International Auto Show, 2011.
A look at the controls on the instrument panel and steering wheel of the current Lexus Hybrid UX.
Nobember 2023
Made for the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company, the block instrument was used to indicate in signal boxes whether a section of track was clear or occupied by a train. Gifted to the North Ayrshire Museum in 1987 by ScotRail.
Wooden and glass case with brass fittings. Telegraph operated bell with semaphore signals for up and down trains and an indicator to show the block's Train on Line/Normal/Line Clear state.
The Glasgow & South Western Railway Company formed in 1850 with the amalgamation of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway and the Glasgow, Dumfries & Carlisle Railway. In 1923 it became part of the London, Midland, Scottish Railway.
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument in the assembly facility, 1999. AIRS on board NASA's Aqua Satellite was launched into Earth orbit on May 4, 2002.
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, AIRS, in conjunction with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, AMSU, sense emitted infrared and microwave radiation from the Earth to provide a three-dimensional look at Earth's weather and climate. Working in tandem, the two instruments make simultaneous observations all the way down to the Earth's surface, even in the presence of heavy clouds. With more than 2,000 channels sensing different regions of the atmosphere, the system creates a global, 3-dimensional map of atmospheric temperature and humidity, cloud amounts and heights, greenhouse gas concentrations, and many other atmospheric phenomena. The AIRS and AMSU fly onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft and are managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, under contract to NASA. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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Music is huge in my life. This guitar was built for me to celebrate Freya's birth -- well, any opportunity for a new one! The other instrument is a Kazakh Kobyz, which was given to me as a leaving present when I left Almaty in 2001.
Author: Bion, N. (Nicolas), 1652-1733.
Author: Stone, Edmund, d. 1768.
Title: The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. Translated from the French of M. Bion, Chief Instrument-Maker to the French King. To Which Are Added, The Construction and Uses of Such Instruments As Are Omitted by M. Bion, Particularly of Those Invented or Improved by the English. By Edmund Stone. The Whole Illustrated with Thirty Folio Copper-Plates, Containing the Figures, &c. of the Several Instruments. The Second Edition. To Which Is Added, a Supplement: Containing a Further Account of Some of the Most Useful Mathematical Instruments As Now Improved.
Imprint: London : Printed for J. Richardson, 1758.
Physical Description: 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 280 x 200 mm, on leaf 36 x 47 cm.
Page: Plate XIII.
Call Number: Q185 .B4613 1758 Rare Oversize
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Instrumentos, materiais e construção de modelos.
Fotógrafo: Mário Novais (1899-1967).
Fotografia sem data.
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Packshot, photo de détail sur un instrument. Site Graine de photographe : www.grainedephotographe.com
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Photo prise le samedi 30 juin 2012.
Olivier Gillet (à gauche) explique les différentes étapes de la création de ses instruments.
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This instrument is not only the oldest musical instrument in the museum's collection but also possibly the oldest keyboard instrument in a public collection in Australia. It is representative of the broad style of plucked string keyboard instruments common in several parts of Europe from about the fifteenth century until the eighteenth century that featured lid paintings as an integral part of their artistic expression. Its significance lies in these main attributes.
The instrument has a compass of 4 octaves with a short octave in the bass. The painting possibly dates from a later period being in an eighteenth century Italian style. A recent series of ultra violet and infrared images of the painting revealed repainting of some parts with the possible addition of a human figure to the group on the left hand side and to the front of the couple dancing.
Not a lot is known of the previous history of this instrument. It appears to have still been in Italian hands during the 1830s judging by an inscription on the instrument. Donald H Boalch in Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord 1440-1840 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995) suggests that this virginals is probably the same as one by de Taegis that was a part of the Savoye Collection in Paris and was sold in 1924. By all accounts it seems likely that this instrument is the only existing example by this maker.
Vincentius de Taeggiis was a member of the religious order, the Servites of Mary in the convent of San Giorgio in Bologna. He was part of the household of Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi, a nephew of Pope Gregory XV. According to existing records in the archive of the Servites of Mary in Rome there is no indication of the role he played in the household or whether he was as a carpenter, instrument maker or musician.
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The Markneukirchen Musical Instrument Museum has been situated since 1942 in the Paulus-Schlössel, a townsman’s home of the late baroque period, built in 1784. With over 3100 musical instruments from all over the world, the Museum houses resources unequaled on its scale, of interest to both amateurs and specialists. The many forms of the musical instruments, the richness of ideas, and the craftsmanship of the instrument makers fascinate the beholder. The museum was founded in 1883 through a trade society at the initiative of the teacher and organist Paul Apian-Bennewitz, who was anxious to create an educational establishment for musical instrument makers. There are numerous instruments which document the development of instrument making in the region of Vogtland as well as all over the world. Some interesting curiosities illustrate the bountiful skills of the instrument makers. Thus, one can see a tuba with a1.02 m daiameter bell an overall length of 4.65 m. www.museum-markneukirchen.de
I listen to this song when I'm feeling down to remind me of my greater purpose in life. I don't have to be Christian to understand the values imparted in this song. It's awe inspiring to realize that my own happiness depends on other people's happiness, and that I must do my part in maintaining that. We are all interconnected and I find that thought so encouraging. Listen when you get a sec.