Tesla Coil Music (SEAMUS 2009)Posted by admin on April 21st, 2009
I might as well start with the “grand finale” of the conference… two huge Tesla coils making music! This is perhaps the most dangerous instrument ever conceived. It is a type of resonant transformer circuit originally conceived by scientist Nikola Tesla that creates high frequency alternating current. In other words, it looks really, really cool. They began with an electro-acoustic piece, and then had some fun:
The system came from the University of Illinois and was performed and/or assisted by Scott Wyatt, Mark Smart, Steve Ward, Lippold Haken, Terry Blake, and Jeff Larson. We also had an unexpected visitor in this video:
I have only begun to scratch the surface as far as learning what Tesla Coils are all about, but here are some links to begin learning about them: