Waterphone
- Date
- 1973 · confidence medium
- Place
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Credited to
- Richard Waters
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Inharmonically tuned metal idiophone made of a steel resonator bowl with bronze rods around the rim and water inside, producing an ethereal sound used in film soundtracks; invented by Richard Waters.
What it led to
- sound effects in film soundtracks
- experimental percussion instruments
- ambient and avant-garde music
- modern craft-made idiophones