Life of Pi Ep.86: The pigeons wrote Beethoven on the power lines.
A musical fidget slider plays Beethoven's Fifth one push at a time, and every note lands a pigeon on five power lines that work as a staff, lower notes on lower wires, until the birds spell out the opening. This is an echoPi video. echoPi is an EDC fidget slider and pocketable instrument: its clicks are real physical stops you can set up in the app, and every click can play a note. Turn the sound off and it becomes a quiet fidget for the office. echoPi is in development.
Life of Pi Ep.86: The pigeons wrote Beethoven on the power lines.
Animated short. Hardware in development.
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Two-color risograph print. Every slide on Pi's lid plays the next note of Beethoven's Fifth, and every note brings a pigeon down onto five power lines, the lower the note, the lower the wire. The low notes are fat pigeons, and the wire sags.
Push past the end of the track and there's only a click, no note: the whole flock takes off and the wires spring back with a hum.
Music: Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (1808, public domain), own arrangement.