Bouillonette
This project is a reinterpretation of the whistling kettle, inspired by both music box systems and the barrel organ.
The idea here is to create an object attached to the mouth of the kettle, allowing melodic patterns to be played thanks to the steam emanating from it. The steam is used both as the driving force of a turbine and as a means of activating the whistles. The turbine is a part letting pass or not the steam in the whistles. It is pre-punched so that the user can create his own melodic pattern: by removing the pre-cut pellets beforehand, the steam is allowed to pass through a pipe which will allow the whistles to play.
Once the melodic pattern created on the turbine the user will have to put it in the base then add and screw the small stop to prevent it from coming out. He will then place it on the mouthpiece.
of his kettle by making sure that the notches of the whistles are positioned towards the top. The kettle can then be put on the fire.
While boiling, the water will send steam into the base.
Once it has reached a certain flow rate (corresponding to water that begins to simmer), the turbine propeller will unblock and lift up.
to start spinning. Another part of the steam will be channeled through spoons and redirected to a passageway leading to the si ets. Between this passage and the whistles, the body of the turbine, rotating thanks to the propeller, will let the steam pass when a hole is in front of one of the passages the if and corresponding will be activated.
The hotter the water is, the faster the turbine will rotate, the faster the melody will unfold.
The idea here is to create an object attached to the mouth of the kettle, allowing melodic patterns to be played thanks to the steam emanating from it. The steam is used both as the driving force of a turbine and as a means of activating the whistles. The turbine is a part letting pass or not the steam in the whistles. It is pre-punched so that the user can create his own melodic pattern: by removing the pre-cut pellets beforehand, the steam is allowed to pass through a pipe which will allow the whistles to play.
Once the melodic pattern created on the turbine the user will have to put it in the base then add and screw the small stop to prevent it from coming out. He will then place it on the mouthpiece.
of his kettle by making sure that the notches of the whistles are positioned towards the top. The kettle can then be put on the fire.
While boiling, the water will send steam into the base.
Once it has reached a certain flow rate (corresponding to water that begins to simmer), the turbine propeller will unblock and lift up.
to start spinning. Another part of the steam will be channeled through spoons and redirected to a passageway leading to the si ets. Between this passage and the whistles, the body of the turbine, rotating thanks to the propeller, will let the steam pass when a hole is in front of one of the passages the if and corresponding will be activated.
The hotter the water is, the faster the turbine will rotate, the faster the melody will unfold.
The turbine body contains six rows of pellets corresponding to its six whistles. These whistles have lengths corresponding to the intervals of a pentatonic scale (C, E, F, G, Bb, C) can easily be used to compose a melodic pattern that can be perceived as accurate. In addition, each row of lozenges contains sixteen pre-holes.
