Why California’s musical road sounds terrible

In Lancaster, California, there’s a musical road. When you drive over it, it plays the William Tell Overture. Unfortunately, it’s out of tune. Here’s why. Thanks to David Simmons-Duffin, who figured this out about nine years ago: -- he seems to be the first to have figured out not just that it’s wrong, but exactly what happened! I’m at on Twitter at on Facebook at and on Snapchat and Instagram as tomscottgo