Mini Harpsichord?

Now, for the next picture from the wonderful of Lego...we have...

*drum roll*

Tad-dah!



This Harpsichord was constructed entirely from Lego parts (over 100,000!), including keyboard, jacks, jack rack, jack rail, plectra, soundboard, bridge, hitch pins, tuning pins, wrestplank, nut, case, legs, lid, lid stick, and music stand. It has a range of 61 notes and weighs 150 lb.

Source: TechEBlog

I'm impressed...way too impressed. The fact that it looks so much like the real thing really makes me wonder, how did people come up with such fascinating ideas to convert simple plastic playthings (for kids in fact!) into wonderful pieces of art?

Impressive.