Stalactite Pipe Organ |
Added: January 16, 2010 |
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Located in the Luray Caverns (Virginia, US) is the Great Stalacpipe Organ, the world’s largest musical instrument. Stalactites covering 3 1/2 acres of the surrounding caverns produce tones of symphonic quality when electronically tapped by rubber-tipped mallets. After visiting the caverns with his son and experiencing the organ-like sounds of a stalactite being tapped, Mr. Sprinkle came up with a complex plan for a stalactite-tapping instrument: a lithophone. It took 36 years of research, design and experimentation to bring his dream to its present state of perfection. |