Hydraulophone (H2Organ), Pachelbel's canon

Ryan playing Pachelbel's canon on the water fountain (water pipe organ flute, hydraulophone) out in front of the Ontario Science Centre. See http://h2organ.com

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[CelticReject]

Can you play Handel's Water Music?

[hydraulist]

We did that at the SPLASH Festival in Georgina where we also turned Lake Simcoe into the world's largest musical instrument.

[asian3513]

real??

[hydraulist]

Yes, you can buy one from WhiteWater West in British Columbia (for use in waterparks) or from SCS Interactive in the US. Hydraulophones are also manufactured by FUNtain Corporation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[Josh Moss]

Watching Pachelbel being played on this incredible instrument made me think of something:As a(god-awful)organist myself, the chord progression is usually played on pedals...would it be possible to put some kind of pedal-ish thing on this instrument for bass notes?

[hydraulist]

Yes, some hydraulophones have a bass division that can be played by the feet. This consists of a row or arc of ground nozzles that the player steps on. One hydraulophone was built with a foot area (12 large jets operated by the feet of the player) and two fingerboards, one for each hand. See it by searching for the keyword "best gadgetoff" on the website,

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[NCDropkickSquad]

Thanks stumbleupon.

[hydraulist]

@Halileet A person who plays hydraulophone is usually referred to as a "hydraulist".



[Joshua Hemmingway]

this seems quite unnecessary given the splashing water: I would rather just hear it on the Cello.

[BERK KURT]

buda amerikanın oyunudur .D

[mowalt01]

steve mann

[Christopher Overstreet]

this is because of bad quality recording and compression. The water in real life would sound much more distant. People in general need to remember recording with phones and playing back on laptop speakers, compressing to mp3, not setting levels correctly, etc. leads to very bad recordings, which are often judged as the actual sound, which it doesn't even resemble. I see this problem with 80% of the videos on the internet.

[Mitch Robinson]

Nice. Beeen to the Ontario science centre since I was a lil kid. I never knew what it did til now. I feel I need experiment with underground instruments more often.

[Voxnulla]

Why Pachelbel? It's like the "les miserables" of classical.

[select899]

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