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I have a sculpture in which sound is sent through 100 feet of pool  
hose, named after the "Abyss Zone" of the ocean's depths.  Very  
appropriate!  The hose can make just about any noise sound eerie and  
wet.  "Dripping with reverb" one might say.  Especially nice efffects  
when the hose rubs against itself.

William's right, it ain't the cheapest, but it's a standard for which  
a large number of useful fittings are readily available.

Fantasizing 1000 feet of pool hose,
Jason




On Aug 20, 2009, at 11:23 AM, William Katzman wrote:

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>> I also believe that a number of corrugated pool hoses work for  
>> this as well (not as cheap as the "cheap plastic crap toys") but  
>> readily available.  One of the hardware stores used to sell (and  
>> may still sell) a version of cheap pump hose in bulk this way  
>> (wouldn't use it for pumps though - it leaked like crazy, but it  
>> was nice for sound).
>>
>> -William
>>
>> On Aug 20, 2009, at 10:40 AM, David Savory wrote:
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>>> Corruga tubes are plastic tubes with ridges on them. You hold one  
>>> end and whirl the other. Air rushes over the moving end and  
>>> develops a low pressure zone there. Air moves through the tube  
>>> from the stationary end and vibrates as it hits all the ridges.  
>>> This creates a strange noise that's good for calling aliens.
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