Eigenharp Tau Whisky Dispenser

So the Eigenharp Developer Conference was a complete blast. Three days of discussion, coding, playing and drinking. But the product innovation was the realization of the "Eigenharp Tau Whisky Dispenser" accessory.

Now this innovation had been discussed on the forum but it took a perfect storm of pieces, people and madness to achieve...all of which came together Saturday night. During our tour of the Eigenharp manufacturing area, John Lambert had handed be some elastic bands and Tygon tubing with a particularly impish gleam in his eye....

Parts List

• 1 x Whisky Miniature (I'd supplied some Eigenlabs branded Bladnoch for the attendees)
• 1 x Eigenharp Tau (WARNING: DON'T TRY THIS WITH ALPHAS)
• 2 x Elastic bands
• 1 x 75cm length Tygon tubing

Instructions

Slide elastic bands up Tau and attach Tygon tubing to 'spit port' on bottom of Tau.

Slide bottle (with small amount of tissue to protect Tau!) behind the elastic bands.

Insert Tygon tubing into top of bottle.

Position optimally - somewhere around the percussion keys seemed to work best.

Suck like mad (actually it's not too bad)

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(this is Duncan Foster - whose photos these are cut from)


















Of course, the discussion almost immediately turned to how to engineer it so you could play at the same time - requiring a bypass system for blowing (unless you wanted the sound of bubbling). John Lambert's enthusiasm was such that I am expecting to see an engineered design within the next few weeks - and hopefully availability as an accessory on www.eigenlabs.com accessories soon thereafter.