Have you ever wondered what was the deepest and largest musical instrument in the world? I have and it looks brilliantly retro.
Found inside the Luray Caverns of Virginia. It is called ‘The Great Stalacpipe Organ’ and it ROCKS (no pun intended) – there are no pipes, with the organ is wired to stalactites instead. When the keyboard is played, the entire subterranean landscape becomes the instrument.
It is also a triumph of geology, maths, geography, physics… …oh just sums by really clever people such as it’s inventor and builder Leland Sprinkle which would blow my mind should I try to explain (and he has an awesome name). Indeed it took some pretty hardcore calculations over three years in order for Sprinkle to make this bad boy work. To achieve a precise musical scale, the chosen stalactites of the organ range over 3.5 acres, but brilliantly due to the enclosed nature of the space, the full sound can be heard anywhere within the cavern.
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This is so cool! I feel like this must be incorporated into a David Lynch project at some point… Maybe a biopic about Leland Sprinkle…
To me the images look like something out of bad / retro a 70′s adventure film which is why I am drawn to them – Journey To The Center Of The Earth but with no duck
I love this, wish it was close enough to visit!
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