TESSI THE MUSICAL TESLA COIL
Tessi Shows ARE ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 9PM!
Tessi is our musical Tesla Coil. Created specifically for QuarterWorld in 2015 by Zeusaphone, LLC in Chicago. Tessi is unlike your everyday Tesla coil. Normal Tesla coils use a spark gap to create the electrical bolts and sounds that you hear. Tessi uses solid state technology which allows us to control the frequency and pulse rate of the electoral bolts giving us the ability to create music. Think of the sound track to old 8-bit video games and that is kind of what Tessi sounds like.
Tessi is enclosed in a Faraday cage. A Faraday cage is a grounded metal screen surrounding Tessi to exclude electrostatic and electromagnetic influences. In other words, it keeps the bolts of electricity from shooting outside of the cage.
Coming in at around 90 decibels, Tessi is loud! She is comparable to a Monster Truck show as far as how loud she is. QuarterWorld happily provides ear plugs at both bars, the admission booth and near the stage before a performance.