Faith Lapidus tells about the artist,the project and plays some music from Orchestrion. Pat Metheny started learning to play the trumpet when he was eight years old.
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The fifty-five year old musician recently fulfilled a dream in the release of his album Orchestrion. The recording includes Methenys operation of many mechanical instruments, like the player piano.
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Metheny says he worked with inventors and technicians from around the country to build the robotic instruments used on Orchestrion. He programs and controls every sound from his computer, guitar or keyboard.