
Toys · Built from a recipe
Yo-yo
F4 on the minor comb. Its drum rings at 364.3 Hz.
A yo-yo is two disks joined by a short axle, with a string tied around the axle.
- Shelf
- Toys
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Hands-on
- Yes
- Licenses
- Own work (made in the page)
Its note
Splashery stretches a drumhead over this Splash's outline, twelve inches across, and finds the ways it can ring. Its lowest is 364.3 Hz, 73 cents sharp of F4, the nearest tine on the comb. The next fifteen are its overtones, and each one draws its own figure: sand gathers on the lines that stay still.

- 1364 Hz
- 2575 Hz
- 3585 Hz
- 4775 Hz
- 5778 Hz
- 6836 Hz
- 7963 Hz
- 8966 Hz
- 91052 Hz
- 101070 Hz
- 111146 Hz
- 121149 Hz
- 131265 Hz
- 141273 Hz
- 151313 Hz
- 161324 Hz
How to play
Tap it to throw it down; it spins down the string and climbs back up.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Throw | Tap | ||
| Throw | Button | ||
| Color | Color | #e6392f |
About it
A yo-yo is two disks joined by a short axle, with a string tied around the axle. Thrown down, it unwinds and spins fast; the spin keeps it steady, and a little tug on the string makes it wind itself back up into your hand. Children in ancient Greece played with yo-yos of wood, metal and clay.
This one bobs gently on its string. Tap it to throw it: it drops, spinning as the string unwinds, and then climbs back up the string to where it started. Pick its color in the Splash tab. With ✋ Hands-on on, pull the yo-yo down and let go: it drops to the end of the string, spins there and climbs back.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 60,000 at Low, and up to 780,000 at Max
Sources and credits
Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.



