Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for observing the flow of water in pipes and the detection of leaks, when the pipes are laid underground or in other inaccessible places.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word waterphone.
Examples
-
Tan is the first Asian composer to have an opera done at the MET, his orchestration being filled with Chinese instruments of many types including a "waterphone" in which sound resonates off water rather than a hollow resonating chamber like a western stringed instrument.
DesignerBlog Will 2007
-
Tan is the first Asian composer to have an opera done at the MET, his orchestration being filled with Chinese instruments of many types including a "waterphone" in which sound resonates off water rather than a hollow resonating chamber like a western stringed instrument.
Archive 2007-01-01 Will 2007
-
His GDC session, in which he boils a waterphone (seen at the tail end of the video!), is here on createdigitalmusic. com.
Boing Boing 2009
-
With way-out instruments like the waterphone - heard generally only in horror films - a mechanical siren, gongs, crashers and slashers, this was something a little different from the usual piano concerto.
-
With way-out instruments like the waterphone - heard generally only in horror films - a mechanical siren, gongs, crashers and slashers, this was something a little different from the usual piano concerto.
-
Percussionist Tom Burritt is causing a bit of a buzz as he gets set to perform Michael Daugherty's UFO Concerto for Percussion, which includes unusual instrumentation, like a mechanical siren and waterphone, and maybe a few alien sounds, too.
-
Percussionist Tom Burritt is causing a bit of a buzz as he gets set to perform Michael Daugherty's UFO Concerto for Percussion, which includes unusual instrumentation, like a mechanical siren and waterphone, and maybe a few alien sounds, too.
-
Gotta love when the soloist enters the stage looking alien-like, dressed in a robe and playing a pinging, ringing instrument like a waterphone.
-
Gotta love when the soloist enters the stage looking alien-like, dressed in a robe and playing a pinging, ringing instrument like a waterphone.
-
Gotta love when the soloist enters the stage looking alien-like, dressed in a robe and playing a pinging, ringing instrument like a waterphone.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.