Waterphone

The resonator may contain a small amount of water giving the waterphone a vibrant ethereal sound that has appeared in movie soundtracks, record albums, and live performances.

The waterphone is a modern invention influenced by a Tibetan drum—encountered by the inventor in the early sixties—containing a small amount of water affecting its timbre.

Contemporary classical composers who have written parts for waterphone in compositions include Sofia Gubaidulina,[6] Jerry Goldsmith,[7] John Mackey, Christopher Rouse, Colin Matthews, John Woolrich, Carson Cooman, Andi Spicer, Ludovico Einaudi, Andrew Carter, Jörg Widmann,[8] Bernie Krause of Beaver & Krause, and Todd Barton.

[citation needed] Other users include Richard Barone (both solo and with The Bongos) and Alex Wong (when playing with Vienna Teng), and it can be heard in music by The Harmonica Pocket.

[citation needed] Tan Dun's opera The First Emperor (2006) & "Water Music" feature the waterphone.

[15] The true story of such interspecies communication was the basis of the stage show and album The Boy Who Wanted To Talk To Whales by The Robert Minden Ensemble in 1989.

In contrast to the traditional waterphones pioneered by Richard Waters, the Sailophone integrates bent rods, resulting in a deeper timbre due to their elongated length.

Sailophone boasts fewer rods with wider spacing between them, further influencing the sonic profile.