Yeah I think it's closer to a xylophone than an organ... looks like they "respectfully" used rubber snubbers as the hammers,; instead of something noncompliant that would chip them.
It's been forever and a day since I've used the word xylophone in a sentence...
The name xylophone comes from two Greek words: xylon, meaning 'wood,' and phone, meaning 'voice. ' Scholars don't agree on the exact origins of the xylophone, but most agree that it originated in Asia and/or Africa, perhaps independently. It was originally made from pieces of wood placed on gourds and hit with spoons.
glockenspiel... been a while on that too. I forgot about it... and thought for a second it was a glass harmonica (but definitely not an ocarina) 😆😆😆
I came across the term 'lithophone' while searching for more details on the organ, so essentially a type of xylophone but with rock as the material. And there are a couple of other places in the world where natural formations and their resonances can be used to make music.
Yeah I think it's closer to a xylophone than an organ... looks like they "respectfully" used rubber snubbers as the hammers,; instead of something noncompliant that would chip them.
It's been forever and a day since I've used the word xylophone in a sentence...
glockenspiel... been a while on that too. I forgot about it... and thought for a second it was a glass harmonica (but definitely not an ocarina) 😆😆😆
I came across the term 'lithophone' while searching for more details on the organ, so essentially a type of xylophone but with rock as the material. And there are a couple of other places in the world where natural formations and their resonances can be used to make music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithophone
Nice! Never heard of that but makes sense.
It's like they said about the moon "rang like a bell"...
Or Chuck Berry...fell so hard I heard bells ring 😆