Hydraulophone

                      Hydraulophone

                 
The hydraulophone was created in the 1980s by Steve Mann, an engineering professor at the University of Toronto. He explores wearable computers as well as unusual instruments. Ryan Janzen is a leading hydraulophone player and composer. A hydraulophone player is sometimes referred to as a hydraulist.  A hydraulophone is a tonal acoustic musical instrument played by direct physical contact with water where sound is generated or affected hydraulically. The hydraulophone was created in the 1980s by Steve Mann, an engineering professor at the University of Toronto. The hydraulophone was described and named by Steve Mann in 2005 and patented in 2011.

The hydraulophone uses liquid, typically water. It is thus related to the saxophone, an instrument that uses ice, and the calliope, an instrument that uses steam. Played by touching small jets of water, the hydraulophone produces a rich, unique, soulful sound. Typically acoustic instruments produce sound by matter in its solid-state (percussion or string instruments), or by matter in its gaseous state (by air in wind instruments).

A hydraulophone is a tonal acoustic musical instrument played by direct physical contact with water (sometimes other fluids) where sound is generated or affected hydraulically.

-Harsh Kumar