Tree of Transformation

Ryan Elmendorf and Nick Geurts

2015

Black Rock City, Nevada

Nine authentic hand-made steel pan drums mounted to a 20' tall steel tree growing from an antique piano. The keys of the piano accurately control a system of hammers which strike the steel pan drums. Installed at Burning Man 2015 and Civic Center Park in Denver, CO, in 2016.

•  Control electronics, wiring harness, power system, and piano key machining donated by Koral Fabrication

•  Engineering, Fabrication, and installation donated by Yetiweurks and EG Studio