[HN Gopher] The Architecture of Musical Instruments
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       The Architecture of Musical Instruments
        
       Author : jcolman
       Score  : 81 points
       Date   : 2022-09-16 06:13 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.archiobjects.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.archiobjects.org)
        
       | loupol wrote:
       | This is amazing, some of the images have an incredible sci-fi
       | feeling to them. Current link doesn't show all of the photos, the
       | photographer's website has some more :
       | https://www.charlesbrooks.info/
        
         | ArekDymalski wrote:
         | On author's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/charlescellist/
         | there's a new (not featured on the website) photo of Kawai
         | Grand Piano that looks like a corridor on a space station.
         | Absolutely amazing.
        
         | rmnclmnt wrote:
         | Thanks, and as a bonus you get to know which instrument belongs
         | to each photograph!
        
       | 6stringmerc wrote:
       | Wow this is a stunning look in a different way, I can only
       | imagine all the strange beauty in old arch top guitars.
       | 
       | Also totally agree on the expertise in the lighting. Makes them
       | vibrant and feel lively like caught in a break in the action.
       | Would love to see if he could do time lapse too that'd be neat
       | too. What an artist.
        
       | 9dev wrote:
       | Does anyone know how he managed to keep such a large distance in
       | focus, despite being in macro range? I suppose those are several
       | pictures stitched together somehow?
        
         | detaro wrote:
         | Yes, "Focus stacking" is the technical term. From the
         | photographers website: _" When we see closeup macro shots like
         | this we expect them to have a narrow depth of field. By combing
         | hundreds of shots with varying focus I make sure that the
         | entire instrument is sharp from from to back."_
        
       | HPsquared wrote:
       | If a room was built in the shape of a violin, how would the
       | acoustics be inside that room? Is there something special about
       | the shape?
        
       | rmnclmnt wrote:
       | The picture of the internals of a didgeridoo is out of this
       | world, fascinating...
        
         | ehnto wrote:
         | An unplayed didgeridoo would also be pretty fascinating, as
         | they tend to fill with spiderwebs.
        
       | erwincoumans wrote:
       | Very pretty, those macro images inside music instruments. Would
       | be fun to see 'internal' videos while those instruments are being
       | used.
        
       | lioeters wrote:
       | Now I dream of living inside a violin.
        
       | JasonFruit wrote:
       | That violin looks like someone's empty attic. I can almost smell
       | it.
        
         | ehnto wrote:
         | They can honestly smell pretty similar, wood and dust.
        
           | JasonFruit wrote:
           | I've been inside violins a time or two, and removed a sizable
           | mouse nest from an old French fiddle with a chewed F-hole.
        
       | Rygian wrote:
       | For me, the most impressive part of these pictures is the use of
       | lighting. The play of lights and shadows reproduces the volumes
       | in such a way that one feels immersed, embedded in a vast chamber
       | that is in reality only a few centimeters wide. The cello example
       | is exceptional in that regard.
       | 
       | Edit: it's a cello [1]
       | 
       | [1] https://www.architectureinmusic.com/products/lockey-hill-
       | cel...
        
       | quijoteuniv wrote:
       | This is one of those: who did not anyone think about this before!
        
       | bratsche wrote:
       | I wish I could get this guy to take a great photo inside my viola
       | for me!
        
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