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Wind machine

For the 2017 Christmas Concert the Canyon Winds Band programmed a piece for a wind machine. Purchasing one was not in the budget and renting one was nearly impossible. Fortunately the director has a background in construction, beginning in March of 2017 I began drawing designs and in June we started building. Using 2' x 4's, 3/4" plywood, furring strips, locking caster wheels, bearings and canvas sheeting we were finished in 4 weeks.



Totaling up the materials and our labor, Doug (the director) figured it cost us $800-$900. That was OK because we were planning to rent it to other groups when they needed one. To date we have yet to rent it out but that's OK too, it was fun to build and it gave me experience working with a real carpenter.
It definitely sounds like wind, when cranking slowly just a breeze, faster is more like a blizzard, top speed gets it to a Cat 4 hurricane!

We named it MARIAH.

































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