Marble Machine Built By Martin Molin

Wintergatan marble machine a music instrument using 2000 marbles.

Marble machine built by martin molin.

The new machine to be called marble machine x would solve a multitude of mechanical functionality problems with the original marble machine. Martin molin the builder of the original marble machine is collaborating with a team of engineers and designers as well as fans for the design and build of the marble machine x. Marble machine built and composed by martin molin filmed and edited by hannes knutsson. The wintergartan marble machine built by swedish musician martin molin is unlike anything i ve ever seen before.

Martin molin s marble machine is not the first of its kind. This time the swedish designer brings to life an interpretation of martin molin s music machine x a marble powered music box. The 33 year old was inspired to build his machine after visiting a museum with mechanical instruments in utrecht netherlands. Marin molin best known for his band wintergatan the ingenious wooden hand cranked machine that plays music with 2000 marbles is the inspiration behind the mmxs marble machine xs is a miniature homage to molin.

Comprising 3 000 wooden pieces and using 2 000 marbles the elaborate music box. Nasa s final space shuttle mission begins with atlantis launch. Martin molin born 1983 is a grammis swedish grammy. On the internet it s a sort of subculture kind of like perpetual motion machines.

The marble machine is versatile. The wintergartan marble machine itself is a work of art after designing a blueprint for it using 3d software molin meticulously crafted almost every piece of the rube goldberg type instrument. The wintergatan marble machine built by swedish musician martin molin and filmed by hannes knutsson is moving to a museum in utrecht by michael rundle and victoria woollaston 16 mar 2017. Molin is able to make it play bass percussion and a vibraphone using a series of levers that direct the rolling marbles where he wants them.

Molin built his marble machine a music box made of 3000 components that played using 2000 metal balls.