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Crystal Organ
Searching to see if this idea is baked has revealed something very similar. [link] |
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The idea is to make a musical organ that would have crystal goblets with a set amount of water in them, for each musical note. Each glass would have a float valve to maintain a constant water level.
The goblets spin independently of one another and depressing a piano key causes a moistened latex
"finger" to touch the spinning lip and release the haunting melody of the crystal.
http://www.glassvir....us/Glass_Harp.html
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 29 2005]
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i like this. is there a way to just have one goblet with a variable fluid level e.g. a pedal-controlled float that displaces the liquid within the goblet which spins continuously. solves the problem of spinning 88 goblets (give or take) simultaneously. (+) |
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it would not be able to perform complex chords or countermelodies but this could make it semi-portable. |
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The hairs on my pussy have just all stood on end. |
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I don't believe that I've ever had that effect on a woman on line before. |
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my cat just ran out the door! |
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.........[2fries]...what the hell are you talking about? I was talking about my cat. |
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That's a shame. For a second there I thought that my telekinetic abilities had strengthened to the point where I could give a trans-continental tickle.
I was going to be rich. |
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//a trans-continental tickle// I hope that doesn't mean you are in Perth, because that's waaaaay too close for me. I can't however, speak for my pussy. |
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Ath long ath your puthy thtill perth it doeth'nt have to thpeak. |
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Mozart wrote a couple of pieces for a glass harmonica (K356 and K617) so I think the idea, while a good one, could probably be considered "baked". |
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Ben Franklin invented the Glass
Harmonica - concentric glass
bowls rotating on a horizontal
common spindle, suspended half-
in a trough of water. Play the
edges of the bowls with fingers.
Allows ten-note polyphony. |
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That's glass armonica I believe, invented like you said by Ben Franklin before the more common 'mouth organ' or harmonica. |
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Not a mechanical instrument, but there used to be a manual version in the Castle Museum, York. Any tykes know if it is still there? |
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