It's been a bit windy around here the last few days, which led us, over supper last night, to ponder the age-old question: could the wind be harnessed not just for the pleasant tinklings of windchimes, but also to produce the mellifluous hoot of the glass bottle? Blowing across the bottle undoubtedly works for mere humans, so it seems it could also be possible to use nature's breath to do the same thing, there being a lot more of it.
However, there still remain a few questions to be answered by prototyping:
- What airspeed is required to produce sound?
- Is it necessary to funnel/control the airflow in order to produce sound?
- Can we sound up to a three-note chord, with each note denoting a higher windspeed?
- What will the neighbors think?
- And, most importantly, will it keep Mom awake at night?
We may or may not have too much time on our hands this summer... so the prototype may or may not get built.
