annmarie-- It is a wooden marble tower. Each color is a different size, and as the marbles travel down in a spiral, each piece of wood resonates with a different harmonic. Goes from high pitch at top down to low at the bottom. Different sized marbles also make a different pitch, so many different sized marbles going down at the same time sounds almost like a percussive rain stick, if that makes sense!
The boys love it to put marbles down - but it also becomes a tree, or mountain, or gnome fort when they play. :)
Love the color.
Great photo!
ReplyDeleteHow cool is that?!
ReplyDeleteOh I like that.
ReplyDeleteBut what is this thing?
ReplyDeleteannmarie-- It is a wooden marble tower. Each color is a different size, and as the marbles travel down in a spiral, each piece of wood resonates with a different harmonic. Goes from high pitch at top down to low at the bottom. Different sized marbles also make a different pitch, so many different sized marbles going down at the same time sounds almost like a percussive rain stick, if that makes sense!
ReplyDeleteThe boys love it to put marbles down - but it also becomes a tree, or mountain, or gnome fort when they play. :)
Oh I can hear it! Xxx
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get it??? I so want one!
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