Pacini

Mr. Pacini and other blind volunteers, working with the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology, met with Nissan engineers last year to give feedback.

Should the Sound of Silence Be a Bird's Tweet or a Jet's Roar? Mike Ramsey 2011

"Blind people don't talk on the phone and walk," Mr. Pacini says.

Should the Sound of Silence Be a Bird's Tweet or a Jet's Roar? Mike Ramsey 2011

Just ask Marcello Pacini, who headed the Agnelli Foundation for 25 years and acquired the statue at auction some 20 years ago for its collection.

A Mysterious Stranger in China Lee Lawrence 2011

"They had a sound engineer trying to pick a cool sound for us," Mr. Pacini says.

Should the Sound of Silence Be a Bird's Tweet or a Jet's Roar? Mike Ramsey 2011

For now, Mr. Pacini is fairly happy with the results.

Should the Sound of Silence Be a Bird's Tweet or a Jet's Roar? Mike Ramsey 2011

Designed by Pacini Cappellini the Mickey Mouse TV Stand is a wall system that is not just a stylish wall system to place your flat-screen TV, but you can also use the mouse ears to store your favorite DVDs, CDs and books.

Computer Mouse from a Real Mouse 2009

"We've had the sound of an internal combustion engine for 100 years," says Mr. Pacini, who has been blind since he was 23 and teaches others how to get around without sight.

Should the Sound of Silence Be a Bird's Tweet or a Jet's Roar? Mike Ramsey 2011

But a point man on the project, 49-year-old Nino Pacini of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., had to rein them in.

Should the Sound of Silence Be a Bird's Tweet or a Jet's Roar? Mike Ramsey 2011

There's plenty of Bellini and Pacini, but also marvellous virtuoso numbers by Malibran and her father; and for me, the highlight of the disc is a substantial Mendelssohn concert aria 'Infelice', written for Malibran and her second husband, the violinist Charles de Beriot.

Archive 2007-11-01 Jessica 2007

There's plenty of Bellini and Pacini, but also marvellous virtuoso numbers by Malibran and her father; and for me, the highlight of the disc is a substantial Mendelssohn concert aria 'Infelice', written for Malibran and her second husband, the violinist Charles de Beriot.

And now for something completely different: Cecilia and Maria Jessica 2007