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    Incredible Testing Machine (for guitar strings)

    By Ross Shafer

    This video is a supplement to From bicycles to “pedal steel” guitars: One maker’s quirky frontiers

    Salsa founder Ross Shafer, an incurable tinkerer, demonstrates his Rube Goldberg style stress testing machine, for the strings of his remarkable pedal steel guitar.

    Produced by Ross Shafer

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