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Dinosaur Brass

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Subject: Dinosaur Brass
From: Martin Taylor <m.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:13:47 +0000
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The London "Times" of 13th March reports the discovery in Mexico of a
fossil of the parasaurolophus, "a duck-billed dinosaur with a distinctive
rear-peaked head". It states: "The parasaurolophus' skull contained
trombone-shaped air passages that probably gave the creature a deep
moo, similar to the lower notes on a brass instrument. The sound will be
heard shortly at the Sandia National Laboratory, New Mexico, where
data from the dinosaur fossil has been run through a computer and
where air will be sent through a PVC replica of the head in the manner of
a trombonist playing a note." Attempts will be made to reproduce a
mucus-like lining for the synthetic skull, so as to mimic the resonance as
closely as possible.
There are probably a number of comments that could be made :-).
Perhaps someone with the address of the trombone list would care to
forward this note?

Martin Taylor
m.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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