Shows invention of the hydraulophone, a musical instrument based on pressurized water jets, featuring "Nessie", a children's hydraulophone in the form of a cute green sea monster, as well as other ...
Shows invention of the hydraulophone, a musical instrument based on pressurized water jets, featuring "Nessie", a children's hydraulophone in the form of a cute green sea monster, as well as other hydraulophones, such as the single-jet hydraulophone in which all sound is made from one screeching water valve on a single jet. The video shows various changes in the sound, depending on how the water jets are blocked.
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The small hydraulophone at the beginning is in Grange Park; then the prototypes were at FUNtain Hydraulophone Lab; the large hydraulophone depicted is the main centerpiece out in front of the Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto, Ontario.
Waterorgan hydraulis is played by pressing wooden keys to allow air into the pipes. The water is merely the source of power or energy to compress the air. Hydraulophones are water instruments, not merely instruments that are powered by water. In this sense the hydraulophone is a new invention.
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