Well, it seems that Mr Parker creates some very strange contraptions – the latest of which is a steam powered, table top sound synthesizer (above)! The small kit engine is connected to a brushless 8 phase AC motor, and generates a sine wave. Visit his site for an mp3 of the low frequency sound that it generates. Read for the trials of trying to find coal in the desert, and just how bad esbit tablets smell. (They are pungent, I’ll give them that.)
Over and above the steam synth, if you take a look at the rest of his site, it seems Mr Parker has been creating several other strange instruments. I couldn’t possibly call someone I don’t know, a mad inventor, but the creations are quite eccentric! (via Make)

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 30th, 2006 at 12:14 am by Tinkergirl and is filed under Steampunk Images.