CLOUD-CHAMBER BOWLS |
BUILT: |
1950-1951, near Gualala, and at Mills College, California. |
SIZE: |
The rack is 7 feet long, 6 feet high. |
MATERIALS: |
Redwood frame, glass carboys, rope. and funnels for suspension purposes. |
TONES: |
From 10 to 12 tops and bottoms of 12-gallon Pyrex carboys (the bottoms are inverted). At the University of California Radiation Laboratory, at one time, centers were cut from such carboys for use in "cloud-chamber" experiments. Played on the edges with small soft mallets, also on the flat tops. The bowls give a bell-like tone, and each has at least one inharmonic overtone. When one of them breaks it is virtually impossible to find an exact duplicate. |