The Waterphone: a water-based musical instrument


	The Waterphone: a water-based musical instrument

enbar

1-1-2008 8:25 PM

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enbar says:

Apparently this has been used in lots of movies, so it might sound a little familiar. Audio clip is at http://snipr.com/1wbf2. Reminiscent of whale-songs.

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                <P align="left"><FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">The 
                      <B><A href="http://www.richardawaters.com/waterphone/story.html">Waterphone</A></B> was invented
                        and is patented by Richard Waters (pat.#3896696). Each
                        instrument is
                    unique and
                  made to order. Richard personally makes, tunes, signs and dates
                    each Waterphone. The sound of the Waterphone has been compared
                    to
                  the haunting melodies of the Humpback Whale and voices from
                        inner/outer space. Waterphones have been described as
                        acoustic synthesizers,
                    Waterharps, a musical “Aladdin's Lamp”, and “Whalephones”.</FONT> <STRONG><A href="http://www.richardawaters.com/waterphone/movies/MegaBass.mp3">MegaBass Audio demo </A></STRONG> </p> </CENTER>
<P><IMG width="400" height="284" border="1" alt="The Waterphone" src="http://www.richardawaters.com/waterphone/images/megabass3.jpg" /></p> <P><FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>“A 
              cascading crystal waterfall of light amidst the songs of a whale”</B></FONT></p> <P> <FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">—Musician/Actor, 
              Tom Waits, describing the sounds of a Waterphone</FONT>
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              acoustic, tonal-friction instruments that utilize water in the interior 
              of their resonators to bend tones and create water echos.In the 
              world family of musical instruments the Waterphone is between a 
              Tibetian Water Drum, an African Kalimba (thumb piano) and a 16th 
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