Fun with VU-meters

Sometimes I salvage quite a few of the same type of parts and then start looking for a project to put them in.That's what I did with the counters.From the same type of devices come VU-meters,commonly found in audio-equipment.
I was looking for a way to make the needle move and thanks a member of the Steampunk-forum I found one.A real simple one it is too,but it didn't cross my mind.
The most simple way is to wire the VU-meter to a flashing-led(through a resistor);the needle will then move as the led flashes.
This works better with some VU-meters than others and sometimes it moves just a little.
The other way is to build a 555-circuit,then wire the meter to the LED.Or you can leave out the LED altogether but it is always good to have a BLIFNAR in your project.
Now all I need to do is find a good way to mount a lot of VU-meters together.....