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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:32 am
by WEIRDALexis279
The Sporkman @ Mar 24 2004, 05:29 PM wrote:
Well, I pasted my aforeposted description of the as-of-yet-nameless dealie into the Yahoo! search bar, and, not surprisingly, this was the only result.
well, at least you tried.
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:35 am
by MarlinsGirl
I think i've found what you guys are looking for. gym wheel
I hope that's it.
Terri M.
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:38 am
by Elvis
Yep, I think that's it!
Dave
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:46 am
by Insert Coin(s) to Continue
MarlinsGirl @ Mar 24 2004, 06:35 PM wrote:
I think i've found what you guys are looking for. gym wheel
I hope that's it.
Terri M.
Wow! That's it!
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:53 am
by The Sporkman
The German Gym Wheel! Are minds are no longer plagued! Our lives are now complete!
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:17 am
by Driew_La_27
YEAH! You figured it out Terri!
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:29 am
by Dr_Dad
Ack! You got it, MarlinsGirl. Nicely done!
Yes, those gizmos are called a lot of different things, which is what made searching for them a bit more difficult. The gym wheel is also called the German gymwheel, the Gymnastic Wheel, or the "Rhoenrad".
The wheel was developed by Otto Feick -- a German man who came from a region in Germany called "Rhön". Therefore the original name of the wheel is "Rhönrad" ("-rad" = German for "wheel").
Hope that helps!!
Doc
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:42 am
by The Sporkman
Well, there you have it, SailorBarsoom, not one but five names were found for the thing. Seven, if you count dealie and gizmo. Aren't we a helpful bunch?
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:53 am
by Orthography Enthusiast
This has been an extremely impressive display of power research. Can you imagine what kind of an Annotated Al we could put together if we all put our minds together?
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:50 am
by SailorBarsoom
Terri, you're a goddess!
You guys are incredible! Thank you all so much for helping me out with this. Now I can sleep at night...
P.S. It looks like a Japanese manufacturer is selling it for 190,000 yen (about $1800), plus I'd still have to buy bindings. *sigh*
http://www.rhoenrad.jp/english/Instrument_sale_e.htm
I should've known, all the coolest toys are expensive. At least I know what the heck it's called now, and maybe I can figure out how to make one.
Thanks again,
Jenn