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Richard Waters

Richard A. Waters (September 19, 1935 – July 4, 2013) was an American painter, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor. His instruments are used in a wide-range of popular films and TV, including ''The Matrix'', ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', ''Poltergeist'', ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', and ''Let The Right One In''.

He is most well known for inventing the waterphone, an instrument that Waters designed as part of a series of "musical inventions, sound devices, and sonic sculptures". Waters hand-sculpted over 1000 waterphones over the course of his career, many going on to be used in the film soundtracks which brought the instrument its acclaim. Provided by Wikipedia