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Pyrophone (wikipedia.org)
103 points by drdee on June 10, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 13 comments


One can listen to audio samples on the archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20120131171921/http://www.liyana...



Gotta love a music instrument described as having the property, “internal combustion.”


Since a steam-powered organ would be external combustion, what if the working medium wasn't water vapor or hydrogen, but alcohol vapor. Then you could have a dual-combustion organ.

(also remember hhgttg's disaster area)


Someone apparently once built a 200 horsepower steam-powered trombone:

https://wondermark.com/true-stuff-the-steam-trombone/


Slaanesh smiles.


I hope Benn Jordan makes a video on this subject (no sarcasm, he would do an excellent job of it).



Somewhat related, calliope: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliope_(music) (also listed in the article).


Not quite the same thing, but I'd love to see the Large Hot Pipe Organ live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oceb7Uf4ucQ


It'd be interesting to stress test that thing with a Solfeggietto or some equivalent.


I’m not sure what I expected, but I was thinking this would be some new Android device.


Not an Amazon Fire phone?




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