SOME REALLY CLEVER PEOPLE PUT THIS THING TOGETHER

> Turn your sound on for this.
>
> Read this first, then watch.
>
> This is almost unbelievable. See how all of the balls wind up in catcher
> cones.
>
> This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between the
> Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of
> Engineering at the University of Iowa -amazingly, 97% of the machine's
> components came from John Deere Industries and Irrigation Equipment of
> Bancroft, Iowa...
>
> Yes, farm equipment!
>
> It took the team a combined 13,029 hours of set-up, alignment,
> calibration, and tuning before filming this video but as you can see it
> was WELL worth the effort.
>
> It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University
> and is already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian.