Posts Tagged 'musical instrument'
How a Flamenco Guitar Is Made [video]
Published September 14, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Conde guitars, craftsmanship, Flamenco Guitar, Madrid, Maker, musical instrument, Spain, video, woodwork
Breathing New Life Into Pipes of the Past [video]
Published September 12, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: church organ, craftsmanship, England, Henry Willis & Sons, Liverpool, musical instrument, pipe organ, video
Luray Caverns’ Great Stalacpipe Organ
Published April 18, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: cavern, Great Stalacpipe Organ, keyboard, lithophone, Luray Caverns, musical instrument, pipe organ, Shenandoah National Park, Stalactite Organ, underground music, Virginia
The Great Stalacpipe Organ is an electrically actuated lithophone located in Luray Caverns, Virginia, USA. It is operated by a custom console that produces the tapping of ancient stalactites of varying sizes with solenoid-actuated rubber mallets in order to produce tones. The instrument’s name was derived from the resemblance of the selected thirty-seven naturally formed stalactites to the pipework of a traditional pipe organ along with its custom organ-style keyboard console. It was designed and implemented in 1956 over three years by Leland W. Sprinkle inside the Luray Caverns near Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, USA.
Last Accordion Repairman In NYC [video]
Published April 4, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Accordion Repairman, Alex Carozza, musical instrument, New York, NYC, obsolete
Wintergatan – Marble Machine [video]
Published March 3, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: ball bearings, Hannes Knutsson, Marble Machine, Martin Molin, mechanical, music, musical instrument, player piano, video
World’s Largest Musical Instrument [video]
Published August 14, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: musical instrument, Philadelphia, pipe organ, video, Wanamaker Organ
Viola Organista, Designed by da Vinci, Built And Played For The First Time
Published December 18, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: classic music, classical music, concert pianist, Krakow Academy of Music, Leonardo da Vinci, lost invention, musical instrument, piano, Poland, Slawomir Zubrzycki, video, viola organista
The viola organista is one of many Leonardo da Vinci creations that never left the design phase, but 500 years after it was dreamed up someone has finally built the quirky instrument. Described as a cross between a piano and a cello, the instrument took concert pianist Slawomir Zubrzycki three years and approximately 5,000 hours of work to complete.
Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay [video]
Published December 11, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: cello, classic music, ecology, garbage, green, landfill, music, musical instrument, Paraguay, poor, recycle, Recycled Orchestra, repurpose, trash, video, violin