Aqualin
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Aqualin is the coined term for an underwater violin.
In 1976 Mark Gottlieb of Olympia, Washington at the age of 18, made the first aqualin. It was made by taking an old violin and completely coating it with a marine varnish, inside and out. A microphone pick-up was attached to the violin body and fed into an amplifier above water. Speakers both above ground and underwater allowed the audience to hear the performance, wherever they were situated.
The first underwater concert included a rendition of George Frideric Handel's Water Music in the key of "C". Over the next few years, various concerts were given throughout the world in pools, oceans, and even in the Shark Tank at Six Flags Marine World in Northern California. The theme from Jaws was played in the Shark Tank.
