Whirly tube

The Whirly tube, corrugaphone or Bloogle Resonator is a musical instrument which consist of a corrugated plastic tube which is swung in a circle to play. The faster the toy is swung the higher the pitch of the note it produces. It produces discrete notes in the overtone series like a valveless brass instrument.

The instrument is often used as a toy but it has also been used as by a number of artists including Peter Schickele, Loch Lomond, and Yearbook Committee.

See also

• Lasso d'amore

References

• Instrument description Brown University Physics Department.
• Instrument description University of Wisconsin-Madison Physics Department.
• Whirly Tubes and Bloogles Craig Morris, August 7, 2009