palenoise (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The first hydraulophone was found in archaeological diggings in the ancient Greek city of Dion and was reconstructed.

sandrabose (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!!!!

hydraulist (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If the water's not heated, it's a little cold to play in winter: see Ls1eu7Ry8sEWe also sometimes heat the water, e.g. we played in minus 20 degres C weather in February 2007, and the mayor was there and also played: see wearcam.org/biaf/

987wolf987 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i would love to play one in the winter at minus 5 Degres Celcius

hydraulist (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

From a player's perspective, how it works is very simple: you just put your fingers into the mouths of the instrument. The water comes out the mouths easier than going to the sounder. Blocking the jet in the middle produces the clearest brightest sound, and blocking the hole on the edge makes a more dull sound.As for hydraulophone sound-production mechanisms, there's lots of articles; maybe start with Wikipedia and then branch out into some of the more detailed peer-reviewed publications.

sue119 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wow!! haven't even heard of this sort of instrument before, cool! didn';t know water can produce sound like that, how does it work?

sooooophi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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vidaro (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is perfect for people who can't be bothered to clean their instruments. :-)

TuMira85 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

dumb to ask how many keys. I know. Learned now :P

hydraulist (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The hydraulophone shown here has a slightly more than 3+1/2 octave range easily accessed by any player. It has 45 finger holes. A skilled hydraulist can sometimes extend out to a 4+1/2 or 5+1/2 octave range.