The TANK

Since we had not been planning to visit Rangely, we looked up to see what kinds of things were available to do -- and one thing we found was The TANK (https://tanksounds.org/).

It seems that a steel water tank was moved to a new location, where the base was not appropriately supported by the underlying rock, causing the base to bow up in a parabolic shape. It could not be used as a water tank, but was found to have amazing acoustic properties. 

A CBS This Morning show was done on The TANK: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reverberations-a-water-tanks-sonic-splendors/ 

It is open to the public on Saturday mornings, so we decided to visit...

It is up on a hill near town -- the drive way was a one lane steep dirt road curving around the side of the hill and we were hoping that no one would be driving down as we drove up!

Inside The TANK, musicians were setting up for a concert to be held that evening.

A view up from the parabolic base up to the vent fan far above

A short video of some of the sounds we heard while we were in there:  https://youtu.be/C92XK1-pBpk

Brief video history of The TANK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gngb5TsyVI 

A group of musicians joined together to play "Slow Beethoven" (https://tanksounds.org/roundsound-latest) -- due to the reverberations of sound, they played the 7 minute piece in 45 minutes to allow the sound to develop. Watch the video with information about making of the piece: https://roundsound1.bandcamp.com/album/slow-beethoven

I haven't listened to the whole work, but it appears that you don't need to buy it to listen, as it is on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHq_hK5BY3M&list=RDoHq_hK5BY3M&start_radio=1), if any of my readers would like to listen to the whole thing!

It is fun to discover things in a town that you weren't even planning to stop in!