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1000 Cellphones and 2000 Text Messages Playing Tchaikovsky [Cellphones]
gizmodo.com - 10/24/2009
1000 Cellphones and 2000 Text Messages Playing Tchaikovsky [Cellphones]
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I don't know what is crazier: This video of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture played with 1000 cellphones and 2000 messages, or the videos showing how the whole thing was made. People from Vodafone New Zealand , I can't wait for you to do other classics, like: [ Engadget ]  ...
vodafone.co.nz - 10/23/2009
1000 phones. 2000 texts. One song. Symphonia. - Vodafone NZ
— vodafone.co.nz — We wanted to create something unique an original way of playing a piece of classical music. We... put together a production team and found our music producer named Jol who was just as excited about the experiment as we were. The idea was simply to use a ... (more) 1000 phones. 2000 texts. One song. Symphonia. - Vodafone NZ

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Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture reconstructed from 1000 cellphones, 2000 text alerts (video)
engadget.com - 10/23/2009
Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture reconstructed from 1000 cellphones, 2000 text alerts (video)
— engadget.com — We're suckers for a well done ad but this, this is simply amazing. Vodafone's Symphonia features 1000... cellphones syncing 53 different ringtone alerts from 2000 sent messages to reconstruct Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. We dare you to not be ... (more) Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture reconstructed from 1000 ...

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Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture reconstructed from 1000 cellphones, 2000 text alerts (video)
engadgetmobile.com - 10/24/2009
Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture reconstructed from 1000 cellphones, 2000 text alerts (video)
— engadgetmobile.com — We're suckers for a well done ad but this, this is simply amazing. Vodafone NZ's Symphonia features... 1000 cellphones syncing 53 different ringtone alerts from 2000 sent messages to reconstruct Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. We dare you to not be ... (more) Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture reconstructed from 1000 ...

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MAKE Magazine:  Extra cell phones? Start an orchestra!

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Extra cell phones? Start an orchestra!
MAKE Magazine — ... is an impressive technical feat. They loaded up 1000 cell phones with ringtones for single instruments, and then built a system to send text messages to them in the correct order, to get them to perform a portion of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. Considering the amount of delay that I usually notice when sending messages, I was pretty surprised that they claim to have performed this over their regular cell network. [via gizmodo] ...

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