Waterbell Tower Fountain with Sound and Program Control

An elegant, wave-generating tower fountain finished in deep "french roast coffee" lacquer: The fountain is fabricated in Icelandic birch ply with an exterior veneer and finished in satin finish sprayed lacquer. The water reservoir is marine fiberglass.

The tower supports a high-precision, adjustable waterbell nozzle driven by environmental sound or programmed control. Water exiting the nozzle forms a multitude of dynamically changing shapes. The fountain can be programmed to give slowly changing waterbell shapes or can be programmed for fast changing behavior. In the later case, complex concave to convex shapes can be generated. The fountain can also be driven by environmental sound, music or speech. You can view some of the effects by clicking on the video links above.

This fountain is scalable in size and can be fabricated from a variety of materials including stainless steel and cast or faux concrete. Multiple interacting water bells can be considered.

Electronics and pump are low voltage and highly reliable and robust.

We are currently making this fountain by special order with a lead time of 4-5 weeks. Note that the conceptual design and engineering implementation is scalable. A unique version can be fabricated from a variety of materials including stainless steel or cast concrete for outside installations and programmed for a variety of water sheet behaviors depending on the design of the nozzle.

design Gary Fisher
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