[Shotimes] OT Some music maestro...

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

At times it actually makes me happy that some people have WAY to much time
on their hands!

Jim
'93MTX
only tune it plays is the speeding ticket blues


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael S Wojton" <Mike.Wojton@owens-ill.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 3:27 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] OT Some music maestro...


> I found this in my e-mail this morning. Very cool!
>
> http://astro.temple.edu/~kmr/Chauffe2.mp3
>
> First you'll hear a 10-cylinder, 750 horsepower Asiatech F1
> engine being warmed up. Then it performs a rousing version
> of "When The Saints Come Marching In", to the delight of
> assembled pit staff and journalists.
>
> Here's how the magic was achieved (technical/musical details
> via F1 Racing magazine):
>
> As we all know, a V10 engine produces five combustions per
> revolution at a frequency per second of 60/(5 x revs per
> minute), which equals 12/rpm. Therefore, to work out the
> revs you need to hit a particular musical note, you multiply
> the note's frequency by 12. To play a 440Hz 'A', for example,
> you need 5,280rpm.  For 'C', use 3,139rpm, for 'F' 4,191rpm,
> and so on.
>
> Asiatech's French technicians (the engine, despite its name,
> is derived from a Peugeot design) simply programmed their
> engine to run through the various rev/note ranges in the
> correct sequence. The result is delightful. And think of the
> possibilities - BMW's F1 engine, which howls all the way to
> 19,050rpm, could rip through the entire Hendrix songbook.
>
>
> Mike Wojton
> '95 MTX
> Toledo, Ohio
> shomike@tri-statesho-svt.org
>
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>
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