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Anyone who has handled a scuba tank knows that they make a good sound when struck, especially if they don't have a bunch of rubber and stuff wrapped around them. Hung by the neck, a scuba tank makes a very nice and lasting ring. The ring is different before and after a dive, and so must be influenced
by the density of the gas within.
I propose that all the tanks in a dive shop be hung up, then tuned by letting out varing amounts of air. They could then be played as giant chimes using mallets. You might need a team to cover the range of possible notes - not unlike a bell ringing team. This has long been a vision of mine, and for some reason the song is always "A Mighty Fortress".
Wind Spirit Garden Bell
http://shop.store.y...l/winspirgarbe.html
I have listened to these continue to resonate for over 5 minutes after being struck. Wonderful sound. [Klaatu, Oct 05 2004]
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Having bonged my tanks around many times, I know wherefore you speak. But I've never tried to tune them. |
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Can we make an adaptor so I can accompany the bell choir playing a wind instrument hooked up to a full tank ? |
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"Doc, after the surgery, will I be able to play the piano ?" |
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"That's great,'cause I could never play it before !" |
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I've seen a beautiful set of giant garden wind chimes made from hanging several (perhaps five) old oxy-acetylene tanks within a frame made of 8x8 timbers. The tanks were cut off at different lengths to produce different notes and hung by their neck hole with heavy chain. A large oaken clapper suspended from lightweight wire inside the tank softly gonged when the breeze played with the tail ornaments. The iron tanks were originally sand-blasted to provide a uniform surface, and then given a rustic weathered finish. |
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This is a bit less like a musical instrument than [bungston] described, but it was certainly a solemn and majestic (almost zen-like) statement in a meditative garden. |
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wow. jurist, that is awesome! |
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Would that be in Morro Bay? |
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The specific set I saw was installed in a sculptor friend's cliffside garden overlooking the Pacific near Bandon, Oregon. But it could just as easily have been Morro Bay. I'm sure the idea is not unique, though I had difficulty finding a Google image to illustrate my description. |
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[bungston], how very 'Blue Man Group' of you. [+] |
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S.C.O.B.A: Self Contained, Outa Water Bonging Aperatus. (+) |
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// the sound of the sea// |
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This idea is great, but I don't think it would be nearly as
fascinating as the real sound of the ocean. |
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shouldn't they be enormous seashells? |
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Pondering again this hoary idea. If tanks were at the bottom of a V suspended by 2 supports they could be like those desktop toys where a ball pulled back and let swing impacts others in the row such that the last ball swings out, and then back repeating the sequence. |
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But this would make noise: an arpeggio, then reversed, and back and forth quieter and quieter. |
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