The Cristal Baschet makes sound by glass rods are attached to metal rods that are embedded in a heavy metal plate. As the glass rods are rubbed with wet fingers (think of a wine glass with a wet finger), there’s a transformation from a complex, unstable vibration on the glass rods to the metal rod, which via its length, ’tunes’ the vibrations to musical pitches. The diffusers the radiate the resulting acoustic waves, generated through the heavy metal plate that the metal rods are attached to. 

The result is a musical piece of art, originally designed by the Baschet Brothers in France in 1952.

SoundEngine's Cristal Baschet

SoundEngine's Cristal Baschet Sample Set Demo