As a clarinetist I thought a clarinet was already relatively steampunk looking itself to start with. Not too much to add a lever, a hook, and a handle.

"TRVTH: Now I admit, something needs to be done about all that, but are we really to put everything on hold until all of the 3rd world countries are turned into 2nd world countries?"

Seocnd world? You mean Soviet Communists?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World

There's nothing graceful, coordinated, or intelligent about it. It's an intersection with no lights or signs and everyone just trying to get through without hitting someone else but not wanting to stop. It's a motorized version of a hallway junction in a high school