To: Swordmaker; sinkspur
Ah yes, the one in Atlantic City. Now, THAT's an organ.
I wonder what sort of air pressure it takes. How big the digital system is, the electric bills...
128 posted on
09/22/2003 8:06:21 AM PDT by
Desdemona
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To: Desdemona
I wonder what sort of air pressure it takes. How big the digital system is, the electric bills... Article says 1000HP... doesn't mention pressure.
The system was apparently built in the 1920s so I doubt anything is digital in the modern usage... but then most pipe organs pipes and stops are either ON or OFF... which makes them among the first binary, "digital" instruments.
One could also note that they are played with the digits of the hands and perhaps the feet... again, making them "digital."
147 posted on
09/22/2003 4:44:30 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
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