Steampunk - Music - The Psychoacoustic Effect
by Mike Savad
Title
Steampunk - Music - The Psychoacoustic Effect
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art
Description
This unusual looking instrument has a weird past and it doesn't even have a name.
It was built in the 1850's, in the age when each instrument artisan tried to out do the other by making something bigger, weirder, or simply trying to add a mile of tubing into one instrument. And someone invented this thing. It took about six people to operate it. It took four to hold and stabilize it, and another two people to play it. One person worked the bottom half, and a smaller person would work the top buttons. That person would have to stand on the shoulders of the person below or stand on a shelf.
Because it involved so many people, it was hard to stay on key, it took a lot of practice, but when they finally harmonized, it created a sound no one could forget. People had a number of colorful ways to describe it: one said that it sounded like an elephant falling from a great height during a thunderstorm. Another said it sounded like a 100 people blowing their noses at once. Another compared it to an elephant stampede.
It was loud and made sudden frightening noises. So much so that the King ordered to never play this again as an instrument, but instead it should be used as a weapon. It was a much better weapon, when played it, it frightened people off the field, no one wanted to hear it. And best of all, you didn't need training to use it, because it was supposed to sound terrible.
Some say that this thing must have come before the bag pipes were invented, but it seems those things were made long before this time. But the sound is similar.
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June 13th, 2021
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