Forging a Waterphone - Long Version

www.waterphones.de
Master of Silversmithing Martin Bläse is making and playing a Waterphone.

[@Kevill]

Alright. Added "Owning a Waterphone" to my bucket-list.

[@th3narrat0r5]

and use it to scare everyone on the block?

[@Kevill]

Osperey 28 Yep, life goals... life goals.

[@th3narrat0r5]

I would run after campers with this thing

[@Gr8Believer]

Yea and get someone to play it at your funeral, awesome

[@MrCaitMonster]

This craft is beautiful, I would sell a kidney for one of these. Simply sublime.

[@spocksmusic]

That is such an incedible amount of work! You don't realize that when you simply see one. I suppose, in days of old, waterphone makers must have eventually gone deaf. Thanks.

[@NoahDiamond-Firearms-LLC]

Played in the loo for ultimate effect. I love it. This is proper home made, and it's fantastic.

[@Coop720]

I was so high for the first few minutes of this video I thought he was playing a piece of music when he was mashing the metal with a hammer

[@Helisepp]

www.waterphones.de

[@jonajon91]

Well at least now I understand how they are so expensive. Such a fantastic instrument!

[@clappertoniandelight9126]

Man, you are truly a master! This is beautiful. And it sounds amazing too.

[@nakedeggcozy]

There is no "days of old". The waterphone is a modern invention by Richard Waters, who is still very much alive.

[@Clackamore]

nakedeggcozy Thanks for remembering the originator of the "Waterphone" Richard Waters deserves more credit than I've ever seen him receive.

[@182cats]

Brotip, go to settings and double the speed

[@yehabon]

I'm saving up money to buy one of these from your store!

[@coolbluelights]

so basically to make one of these you just go bang bang bang bang bang weld weld bang bang drillllll weld weld done :P

[@rich1051414]

Then make people feel like they are in a real life horror movie.

[@lornaanderson1459]

coolbluelights 😂😂

[@Voxnulla]

Good build video, excellent build and nice tones.

[@roxanalaver4923]

Amazing powefull absolutelly stratospheric art and sound object! chapeau bas!

[@Bossa4Sol]

Amazing instrument, and a very nice work.. with the hammering I'm sure, you work out a steady beat :)

[@entropomorphic]

Glad I don't live next door to a waterphonery!

[@DestructoPop]

Couldn't the same be said for any metallurgy? ;D

[@cjmarsh504]

DestructoPop 2:25, David Letterman used this clip

[@drmcglone7601]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@visqueraient]

I recently purchased one of your water phones, the Orka (serial no.58). Sounds amazing 👍🏻👍🏻 Keep up the good work!

[@lucasfernandes4369]

Your work is very great! Thanks for share with us. Hugs!

[@K8Nicole]

Thank you for posting this video.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Beautiful! Very nice job.

[@undergroundjohnny]

Wow , that is amazing work!!

[@OxygenBeats]

great work!!

[@tlacaelelcecelic6755]

Congratulations! All a craftsman.

[@mairtinmcdhonaill4458]

I am assuming the water level will change the overall pitch? would this be correct?

[@podboq2]

that is a beauty!

[@bathsaltZ]

this is good stuff

[@andriikuzmenko3280]

Wow, wonderful instrument and really inspiring video! I'm making some DIY analog modular synth stuff, never tried physical music instruments but really want to:) Does it require any calculations / specific ratios to get it sounding right, besides the tuning of the rods?

[@newalla344]

Can anyone make and play them, I would love to try as I enjoy watching you make this.Thanks for putting this up.

[@COOLturaTVmdkBLNIA]

Thank you. :)

[@main5045]

Nice

[@brenonmcleanmclean1338]

Would you sell any because i would buy one if it was cheaper then the real ones

[@bysykkel]

That's sick..

[@kchortar]

Nice work! I would be grateful if you answer some of my questions. Is this instrument tuned (e.g. like a piano or something like that)? Can someone play a certain pitches (C, C#, D, D# etc) or scales (e.g. a minor or a major scale)? What's the thickness of the bronze and alpaka sheet that you use to construct delphin waterphone (18-21 cm diameter)? Thank you!

[@Helisepp]

Those instruments are not tuned. I once tried to make a tuned waterphone, but I was not so glad about this sound.kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIiuaKSgh9itg5Y I have an idea to try it another way, but it's much work to develop ist. The thicknes of the sheet is 1 mm.

[@ivancandia7882]

Hi!, what size do each rode have?

[@Helisepp]

Have a look at my home-page. You find it in the description of this video.

[@xucaen]

some instruction would be nice. what kind of metal? what was that giant cuter? why hammer the metal? why not but a metal bowl! what is the technique???

[@coreyshipe]

+James Barrett That cuter is call a "Throatless Shear". He probably used brass or silver. He uses a hand forming or forging hammer to stretch and bend the metal against an Anvil. His technique is just basic "hand forming" of metal.

[@Helisepp]

+James Barrett The metal is nickel silver, it's no silver. It is like brass with a little bit of nickel inside. The tube is made of brass. I hammered it because hammering is my profession. It's an old handicraft tradition in Germany and it sounds much better than industrial metal sheets.

[@eteppeter]

i ws wondering if you could tell me please, at 7.13 are you cooling down the drum or is the the process of the filling it up with water, once the water is inside can you pour it out? i suppose it matter how much water you have in because will it adjust the pitch of the sound?

[@eteppeter]

Also i work with a lot of lead especially on roofs, i know when i am beating it around a chimney say i only have a certain amount of time i can hit it otherwise it will start to tear, is this the same with the nickel silver? what advice do you have please?

[@Helisepp]

Peter It's no water. It's a kind of acid to clean it from the oxyd from soldering.

[@HEVNER83]

What is this steel? Great work

[@Helisepp]

No steel, nickel silver.

[@MaxedMusicArts]

Thank you for this video! I was wondering, what are you using for your rods? And how did you calculate their pitch ? Can I use anything for the body or will the size affect the tone/pitch as well?

[@Helisepp]

The waterphone is not tuned. In this case I used nickel silver for the body and the rods because of the sound quality of this metal. (Long sustain and nice overtones)

[@MaxedMusicArts]

@@Helisepp But you used a ruler to cut the rods. Was that just random? Also where could I get rods like that?

[@emc9521]

Is that water on the top

[@COOLturaTVmdkBLNIA]

Hello. Do you also make it for sale?

[@Helisepp]

And Mr. Waters doesn't hammer his waterphones. The instrument in this video is a progression from the original waterphone.

[@yidneth]

It is so haunting, I widh I had the skills to build one

[@pusurblue14]

hi, im just wondering what's the diameter of the bronze rods ?

[@pusurblue14]

and what do you use to solder the bronze rods in place?

[@lanslater]

The sound of silver hammered hilarious he heheheheheheee lolololooo

[@HerveKeptner]

alpaka is sliver nickel sheet metal that use to used on rich cars, jewely and music instruments looks very easy to hand cold forge

[@HerveKeptner]

Herve Keptner just light tapping

[@HerveKeptner]

Herve Keptner most likey can be solder with iron together or brasted with just proplan torch

[@Asstronut]

+Herve Keptner you're an insult to propane

[@NinjaPl33z]

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[@TheCesso3]

Do you make only Waterphones? or other things more expensive than the waterphone

[@Helisepp]

You con have a look to my homepage www.kult-ur-sprung.de

[@kittibadeekamphila8677]

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[@Bucketlol]

How many time do you spend on this project¿ An how much $$$...

[@Helisepp]

I make Waterphones since 2004 - ten years! And I needed much time and much €€€ to develop this quality :-)

[@Helisepp]

www.waterphones.de

[@Bucketlol]

Nice, thanks (:

[@FranciscoShibata]

Ebay

[@Vesxel]

This right here is what u hear outside how do I know I do it and ever neighbor freaks out:)

[@MMBNMalternateaccoun]

4:28 HOW DID U GET THE SAW INT THE THIGN D:!

[@haydensetlik4219]

MMBNMalternateaccoun At a guess, he drilled a hole where he needed to start the cut, took the blade out, threaded it through the hole and reattached it to the mounting bits on the coping saw.

[@FriKuShAxP]

with magic

[@JustMe-ce8we]

By floating it there that is where the water part comes into play😨

[@AndresLopez-vq2ig]

I want oneee quiero unoo

[@waterphoneman]

Or visit the waterphone home page

[@pakiw2]

cymbals?..

[@sebastianoyarzun3618]

tenia los parlantes a volumen full cuando escuche los tack¨ tack ¨ tack ¨ XD

[@Frisby2007]

The harp was my favorite instrument until I came across the waterphone.

[@th3narrat0r5]

I bought one just to f*ck with people at night

[@th3narrat0r5]

Well...technically, no. I bought the materials to make one and I borrowed a friends welding setup. Less than 75

[@Robyeex]

+Osperey 28 but you surely didn't use NickelSilver like in the video as metal, right? It would be way more expensive

[@ptaqpariu1875]

the song of whales

[@65micheal]

I'm sorry I don't have the patience for this. It's like percussionist warming up without explanation .

[@--stranger--danger--2717]

It's okay! You can always buy one or ask someone to make it!

[@tim_buktu66]

SOMA anybody?

[@simonskull666]

A nice and refined ear rape! added to my phone as a new alarm clock!

[@greyballoon5598]

All this effort just to make some scary sounds... Why don't just bang on the metal with a hammer? That sounded pretty horrific.

[@kittibadeekamphila8677]

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