Robot Orchestra

Mechanical orchestra at House on the Rock, Wisconsin.

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• band
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• the
• rock
• wisconsin
• music
• playing

[dethklokicksbutt]

Its really cool there but its creepy as hell itself

[XxchinkablexX]

man..its kinda scares the hell out of me

[MultiCubefreak]

okay................??????????­?????????

[JonasBrothersR4life]

I love that but it kinda gives me the creeps :)

[KawhackitaRag]

Some other instruments there are real, such as the Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina violin player in the hallway between the Heritage of the Sea and Transportation buildings. It is behind sliding glass doors and you have to ask a nearby HOTR employee to play it for you (no longer coin-operated). They will give a little history and turn it on.

[KawhackitaRag]

Well, I hate to burst your bubble, but it's only made to look like they used to play. In actuality the instruments (except percussion) in this room never actually played and are just for show. The music was always synthesized. The circus room actually opened in the 1980s, and this was about the time the orchestra was built, on the HOTR premises.

[KawhackitaRag]

The tune is a march called "International Vaudeville" (1897) composed by Russell Alexander (1877-1915) who was a Euphonium soloist with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey band.

I believe it was arranged for House on the Rock by David Kraehenbuehl (1923-1997), a modern American composer, and possibly also Peter Ewenko, an audiophile and engineer. They did a lot of work for HOTR on the more recent (1980-1997) electronic stuff.

[awxx2006]

What's the song?

[Rmg12]

not a robot orchestra though as they dont play anything.

[saltwatersun]

This room is fasinating.There is a whole orchestra of life-size mannequins dressed up with musical instraments.I think they all used to play and be animated,Arms moved and instraments played ,but now it's just piped in music.