[NewCandle] Aeolian harp update

[Jones Beene]

BTW there was a unique wind-organ - created as sculpture for art - placed on a hill near where I used to live, near Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. Due to complaints from neighbors (too loud at night) it was removed and given to the Smithsonian.

http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!22349!0

It was basically 36 tuned harmonic pipes of various length. The sound was pleasing but ...
I suspect the sound intensity would be at the level of a few hundred watts if it were to be mimicked by a HiFi (which is why it had to be removed from that location).  

I never thought about it in the context of wind energy til now - but if you managed to mount magnets on springs surrounded by coils or vice-versa topped with tuned pipes, then it could be a simple method for wind energy. As for relative cost? Dunno. That would depend on mass production of the core and coil arrangement probably, and making it weather resistant. 

One thing I do appreciate <g> is that your neighbors would not smile on your conservation efforts, green as they might be, especially when a strong wind set-in at 2 am.

Jones
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