The Sound Cradle is a modern combination of a musical and a relaxing instrument. Either in lying or sitting position you can enjoy a remarkable sound experience with all your senses. The solid half-round cradle bowl is covered with strings on the sides, there are 2 times 18 strings. It sounds very similar to a Monochord but “stereo”. The Sound Cradle is constructed in a way that it can be used as a cradle, a tunnel, a sound chair or in standing position. Thus it is flexible as almost no other therapy instrument or sound object.In the cradle bowl you find yourself in a kind of resonating chamber and protection room – here you feel the sounds of the strings very intensely. You hear the sounds as if you were inside a harp, and feel the sounds with your whole body. In direct contact with the instrument you will experience a harmonising sound massage. While simultaneously being cradled you achieve an intense relaxation almost immediately, that has a psychically balancing effect.The Sound Cradle is tuned like a Monochord – on one side all tones are tuned to A (in the case of the models listed here), on the other side the tones sound a five higher (E´). Additional bass strings on each side offer a more sonorous sound spectrum, rich in overtones. They are mostly tuned in intervals that most people find harmonising and relaxing: fifths and octaves. Of course the strings can be tuned differently too, for example two notes higher or lower. The Sound Cradle keeps its tuning over a long time period when the room is kept at a constant climate. But with the help of a tuning device and the included tuning key it can easily be retuned.