@corlin @peterquirk
This is INCREDIBLE. Thank you!!!

@grapho @voltronic @corlin @zephtx Here's another amazing performance on the Cristal Baschet.
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, first movement. https://youtu.be/WbIj40ZEF0s

#CoSoMusic

@peterquirk @voltronic @corlin @zephtx

with an unexpected prog-rock twist!

@peterquirk
Other stuff has been added to the mix on this one, but it's quite lovely.

Oh wait, I just got to the ELP section. Someone's going to start flipping end-over-end while playing piano!

@grapho @corlin @zephtx

@peterquirk @voltronic @corlin @zephtx

one of the fascinating things about this instrument is the very physics of it.

it sounds like a moog synthesizer. but in actuality, you need to actually touch the rods [which need to be made of actual crystal i guess] and your fingertips need to be moistened with actual water.

@grapho @voltronic @corlin @zephtx Just like playing the wine glasses.

@peterquirk @voltronic @corlin @zephtx

that's it exactly! i surmise that was what inspired benjamin franklin's invention in the first place.

and i still remember – with [ahem] crystal clarity – the first time i ever did this on a glass myself. i hardly believed it was possible, but others at the table were doing it too, and suddenly we were all producing these extraordinary sounds.

@grapho @voltronic @corlin @zephtx Prof. Julis SUmner Miller would have had a field day with this instrument if it had existed while he was alive.
https://youtu.be/RJ2Wx0ZJQwg
#CoSoScience #physics

@peterquirk @voltronic @corlin @zephtx

i bet you're right!

@grapho @peterquirk @voltronic @zephtx
Yes
But the most astonishing thing is the amplification, and the standing wave, interference, that gives that sound…

@corlin
Yes, that's the thing that really blows me away, and makes you swear there is some synthesis or amplification going on.

I need to find one of these and play it.

@grapho @peterquirk @zephtx

@voltronic @corlin @grapho @zephtx Here's an alternative - samples.
https://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/35-rare-and-unique/g14-glass-works/

@corlin @grapho @voltronic @zephtx It's probably not a coincidence that the Moonlight Sonata was played close to a solid concrete wall to enhance the interference.

@peterquirk
I want to hear one of these in a cathedral.

@corlin @grapho @zephtx