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Included are Parker items that my parents used daily when I was growing up. I recollect my folks using them as early as when we were living in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles in the late 1950s.
The two with the dark blue bodies were a pen and pencil set. The second from the left is a Parker ‘51’ fountain pen which was very popular in its day. Whenever my mom wrote letters to her relatives and friends, this was her go-to pen. I was fascinated by the richly dark characters that were effortlessly produced by its nib that was barely visible.
The reddish one is a Parker ‘61’ fountain pen. I remember watching my dad pay so many bills by writing out checks with this beauty. He also used it to sign our school grade report cards!
The one on the right is my Parker ‘45’ fountain pen which my parents bought me as a gift when I was in high school or junior high. Though modestly priced compared to the ‘51’ and ‘61’, it performed quite flawlessly and served me well during secondary school.
To this day I still gain great satisfaction using fountain pens. My favorite is a Pilot brand (made in Japan) ‘vanishing point’ style in which the nib retracts into the pen barrel by click action. I’ve used it often enough in the several years I’ve owned it that I have worn off part of its black finish revealing the brass shell beneath.
My photographer friend likes to use my minis in her first birthday photo shoots. She prefers chocolate cake because it gives a better contrast in her photos. I loved the way the birthday hat came out, but it was a major pain to make. Its so hard to get these little cakes iced smoothly.
I love precision instruments like this pair of surgical scissors - gold plated handles and a Noir finish make them an
interesting, if challenging macro subject. I thought the highlights along the handles had blown out, hence red colour, then I realised I was wearing a red shirt which is reflected in the handles.
Susan Sontag, "On Photography"
Prendetevi tutto il tempo che volete per ripensare la vostra Fotografia
You can rethink your Photography better if you enlarge
Image from "Flight Thru Instruments," a 1945 US Navy pilot-training manual designed by the Graphic Engineering Staff at General Motors, under the direction of Harley Earl.
More explanation on the blog:
"Flight thru Instruments" and the Fine Art of Instructional Illustration
A man demonstrates traditional Maori musical instruments, including a flute and a conch shell, in Mitai Maori Village in Fairy Springs, Rotorua, New Zealand. (Oct. 21, 2022)
Photo © 2022 Marcie Heacox, all rights reserved. For use by permission only. Contact mheacox87 [at] hotmail.com .
ODC-Tied Up
This is an instrument cable Stu got for his Double-Bass. He keeps his little amp inside it.
... Il n'est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre... À méditer...
Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine à Paris (www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/musee)
Depuis 1971 le siège de l'université de Paris V René Descartes se situe 12 rue de l'école de Médecine, dans les locaux de l'ancienne Faculté de médecine, créée en 1803 et installée dans les bâtiments du collège et de l'Académie de chirurgie.
Au deuxième étage du bâtiment, dans une salle construite en 1905, se trouve le Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine.
Ses collections, les plus anciennes d'Europe, ont été réunies par le doyen Lafaye au XVIIIe siècle, puis s'y est ajouté un important ensemble de pièces qui couvre les différentes branches de l'art opératoire jusqu'à la fin du XIXe siècle. On peut aussi y découvrir quelques rares trousses de médecins et de chirurgiens ainsi que des instruments de physiologie.
What does it take to create self-aware robotic instruments out of a piece of paper? A workshop was only the start of a new type of avant-garde robotic origami music performances.
Oribotics, a combination of origami and robotics, offers fascinating possibilities – from tiny biomedical devices to the giant James Webb Space Telescope. Together with a team of researchers, key researcher and artist Matthew Gardiner has been developing Oribotics since 2010 at the Ars Electronica Futurelab. With oribotic instruments, the team found a playful way to give robotic origami a musical expression: In a workshop, participants were able to create the paper-based instruments themselves. The potential of the avant-garde instruments was showcased during the festivities for the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s 25th anniversary.
Credit: Ars Electronica Futurelab: Arno Deutschbauer, Matthew Gardiner, Anna Oelsch
Funded through the FWF Austrian Science Fund, PEEK Program
More about Oribotic Instruments:
ars.electronica.art/futurelab/en/projects-oribotic-instru...
Photo: Denise Hirtenfelder
I shot this for the Macro Mondays group theme of Musical Instruments: 23/05/2011.
This wonderful little electronic device is called a Stylophone! It was invented in the late sixties and produced until the mid seventies! The, err, synthesizer, was promoted by no other than Rolf Harris, who released a number of play along records, and appeared in commercials advocating its use.
I'm not sure the noise it produces can be called music, but as you can see below from the operating instructions, it claims to be the greatest little instrument of the century!
Who am I to disagree? :)
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If anyone is using 500px, I've setup an account here! :)
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I visited the Butcher & Larder today for the first (but defninitely not last) time. It is a new local butcher that is focussed on sustainability and locally sourced meat. Among other things I loved the fact that you watch them cut your meat right in front of you. My daughter was quite fascinated to see which part of the pig we were going to be eating for dinner.
Oh yeah, I also loved this set of knives hanging on the wall.
Aircraft: Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk (85-24460)
Unit: Co. 'A' / 2-135th Avn - Colorado Army National Guard
Base: Buckley AFB, CO
Taken during my flight with the Colorado Army National Gurad out over Denver, CO.
Website: One Mile High Photography
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OneMileHighPhotography
Créer un instrument d’écoute qui souligne ou modifie la perception d’un lieu ou d’un phénomène sonore.
Voir l'énoncé : www.multimedialab.be/blog/?p=2193
Cours de création sonore
ESA LE 75, 2015-2016.
Professeur : Marc Wathieu.
These guys were playing some amazing Jazz funk in one of the plazas. As I knelt down to take some pictures, they all turned to me and gave me a thumbs up!
Meet BrickXtensions, a new custom accessory producer, that creates minifig instruments. See our website at:
Any suggestions for future products? Please send them to info@brickxtensions.com
The James Webb Space Telescope's science instruments are lowered into the telescope, which is resting face-down on the assembly stand at NASA Goddard.
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn