Hydraulist

Hydraulist

A hydraulist is a musician who plays a hydraulic instrument, such as a water organ or a hydraulophone.

Notable hydraulists

*Nero, Emperor of Rome, was a hydraulist, playing on the hydraulis, a pipe organ in which the power source for the wind (air) blown into the pipes, comes from a standpipe full of water.
*Ryan Janzen is a modern-day composer for hydraulophone. Works include Suite for Hydraulophone, and various orchestral compositions for hydraulophone. Janzen was a hydraulist at Nuit Blanche, the all night arts festival.


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