Alex Liang Wong is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Wong performing in 2011
Wong playing the melodica at Attucks Theatre, Norfolk, VA, in 2010
Wong playing a waterphone in 2010
Wong drumming at Bowery Ballroom, NYC, in 2011
A waterphone is a type of inharmonic acoustic tuned idiophone consisting of a stainless steel resonator bowl or pan with a cylindrical neck and bronze rods of different lengths and diameters around the rim of the bowl. The resonator may contain a small amount of water giving the waterphone a vibrant ethereal sound that has appeared in movie soundtracks, record albums, and live performances. The instrument was invented, developed, and manufactured by American Richard Waters (1935–2013).
Musician Thomas Bloch playing the waterphone, 19 September 2009 at the Mittersheim pond, France
Percussionist Alex Wong bowing a Standard waterphone