Variable pitch idiophone and method of playing same
OwnerJacob Barnesinventor
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Abstract
A first vessel provided in spaced nested relation to and at least partially around a second vessel or member, the first vessel having a bottom section coupled to a sidewall to form a liquid receiving receptacle open at an upper end of the sidewall. Further provided is liquid in the liquid receiving receptacle. The second vessel or member is moveable relative to the first vessel to displace and/or replace the liquid in the first vessel such that the first vessel can produce different pitches and/or tones as or after the liquid is displaced and/or replaced and the first vessel is struck, rubbed or otherwise vibrated.
Claims13
An instrument comprising:
- a first vessel having a bottom section coupled to a sidewall to form a liquid receiving receptacle open at an upper end of the sidewall;
- and a second member provided in the liquid receiving receptacle of the first vessel in a spaced nested relation to the first vessel;
- whereby the first vessel or the second member make a sound of a first pitch or tone when struck, rubbed or vibrated;
- whereby the second member is moveable relative to the first vessel to displace and/or replace liquid in the liquid receiving receptacle of the first vessel such that the first vessel or second member makes a sound of a second pitch or tone when struck, rubbed or vibrated as the liquid therein is displaced or replaced by movement of the second member relative to the first vessel.
A method of playing an instrument, the method comprising:
- moving a member provided in a liquid retained in a liquid receiving receptacle of a first vessel to displace and/or replace the liquid in the liquid receiving receptacle of the first vessel such that the first vessel makes sounds of different or varying pitches or tones when struck, rubbed or vibrated as the fluid is displaced or replaced in the first vessel;
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- whereby the member is a second vessel having a bottom section coupled to a sidewall to form a liquid receiving receptacle open at an upper end of the sidewall of the second vessel.
An instrument comprising:
- a first vessel having a bottom section coupled to a sidewall to form a liquid receiving receptacle open at an upper end of the sidewall;
- and a second member provided in the liquid receiving receptacle of the first vessel in a spaced nested relation to the first vessel;
- whereby the second member is configured to create one or more electromagnetic fields to displace and/or replace magnetic ferrofluid in the liquid receiving receptacle of the first vessel such that the first vessel makes sounds of different or varying pitches or tones when struck, rubbed or vibrated as the magnetic ferrofluid therein is displaced or replaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.