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The TAITO Robot - Guitar

At the World Expo 1988 in Brisbane Australia I saw and heard this startling device. Built by Taito and featuring a Kohno guitar, it ran on compressed air and sounded great!

TAITO robot Guitar

CLOSE UP OF THE LEFT HAND MECHANISM

Obviously programmed by a knowledgeable guitarist, it had a repertoire of several hundred standard classical pieces and popular jazz and latin standards.

TAITO Robot Guitar playing machine

I observed it closely for a couple of hours and paid particular attention to the "Right Hand" technique. By attacking the strings at an angle it produced a good strong tone. I figured that a human player ought to be able to produce at the very least this strength of tone, with the added advantage of being able to vary the timbre.

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