House on the Rock Gatehouse Ensemble 4/4/2025 *10 YEARS SINCE LAST RESTORATION*

This is my video of the Gatehouse Ensemble at House on the Rock in Spring Green, WI from my visit on 4/4/2025.

Machine first completed in the 1980s/90s. This year marks 10 years since it's last restoration completed in April 2015 by Art Reblitz and Tim Westman. During the restoration, the control system was upgraded to a Mac Workstation while the "black box" is apparently still utilized. In 2018, the audio was properly synced to the visual (something that was off with each other since the early days of this machine) making it functional flawlessly. In August 2021, a lightning strike took out the motherboard and a new one had to be order from the UK amid COVID era supply chain issues. Ever since then the animation sequence has not been perfect and only one of the beaters continues to work on the drum while the other beater seems to operate a cello bow. Despite this, the machine is still holding up after 10 years of constant use.