Hydraulophones
A hydraulophones are musical instruments that uses pressurized hydraulic fluid, such as water, to make sound. They were invented by Steve Mann ( who is perhaps best known for his work in wearable computing). I particularly like the instrument's public art incarnation:
Pachelbel's Canon being played on the hydraulophone:
Overview of the instrument including early prototypes:
A variety of hydraulophone-related videos, photos, & links can be found at Steve Mann's wearcam website.
Labels: acoustic, interactive, music, organ, public art, sound
posted by Ethan at
8:05 AM
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The hydraulophone was the feature article and on the cover of Watershapes magazine;
see http://wearcam.org/watershapes/
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