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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2014 11:06:19 GMT -5
The Stalacpipe Organ Located in the Luray Caverns of Virginia, this instrument technically known as a Lithophone (an instrument made from rock) was invented by Leland W. Sprinkle. Legend has it, in 1956 he noted the musical resonance in the cave when his son banged his head on a low-hanging stalactite. Over several years, he found every tone on the Western musical scale on the formations, and painstakingly honed them for perfect pitch, and attached a small mallet to each. An electronic keyboard controls the organic organ, which can be heard throughout the 64-acre cavern. Watch and listen:
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Post by geezer on Mar 7, 2014 17:57:35 GMT -5
I've got strange on a much smaller scale, the Chinese Yueqin (or Moon Lute). I traveled extensively in China from 2000 thru 2007 and picked up a couple of instruments, the Yueqin among them. Still trying how to incorporate it into a bluegrass tune! www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/654624/yueqinIt's the round one in the foreground:
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