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Waterphone

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It took me a good while to figure out the correct materials for this one, but this is a quite close proxy for the kind of bowls and rods that Waters used originally I believe...

The sound is very, very good, but the thing is a pain in the ass to tune, I just don't understand what's going on with the thing. I guess the rods vibrate in unison all the time so changing even one affects the whole units tuning... Or at least so it seems.

The bowls are... I think either 1,25 or 1,5 mm stainless steel kitchenware, the rods are 5mm brass welding rods (I don't know the exact composition), and the neck is quite thin chromed brass pipe (from a washbasin).
The bowls are TIG welded together, the rods are silver soldered, as is the neck.

If you don't know about the instrument, just google "waterphone".

It was a great moment to bow this for the first time, and instantly recognise the sound from countless soundtracks :)
Image size
750x1000px 422.16 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A710 IS
Shutter Speed
1/318 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
12 mm
Date Taken
Aug 19, 2010, 6:25:53 PM
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CalimBG's avatar
nice one ! love waterphone weird sound