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9 comments to "The Original Rock Music: Stones That Sing!"
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The Liberal Avenger
January 28th, 2007 at
2:12 am
I’ve witnessed the stalagmite/stalagtite organ in Luray Caverns first hand. I must confess that it was probably the low point of the visit.
That being said, Luray Caverns itself was nothing short of awe-inspiring. Incredible! After a lifetime of visiting attractions from roadside America, visiting Luray Caverns was like graduating to heaven. I can’t imagine anyone visiting the caverns and not being absolutely blown away.
It’s just too bad that one has to travel deep into wingnut country in order to get there.
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The German Traveler
January 28th, 2007 at
5:56 am
I have been to the Gong Rock of the Serengeti. Unfortunately, it is actually in Tanzania not Kenya. Still an amazing site no matter where it is!
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ted
January 28th, 2007 at
8:02 am
Been to Luray.
They played a recording of the organ while we were there.It’s a good example of how they didn’t bother practising conservation in the past. They don’t even let you touch stalactites any more, much less file them down so they sound better.
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Anita
January 28th, 2007 at
9:22 am
This is pretty cool. I’d love to see them play some faster pieces on the Musical Stones though.
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Alex
January 28th, 2007 at
12:53 pm
Thanks The German Traveler - it’s fixed now!
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Steven
January 28th, 2007 at
6:46 pm
Sigur Ros also use a ‘xylophone’ made out of shale (i think) that was used in a performance called ‘Odin’s raven magic’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAAXblqtrcthis was shown in part in a documentary on icelandic music called ’screaming masterpiece
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Jamie
February 6th, 2007 at
4:37 pm
Thanks Anita. If you want to hear more recordings of songs played on the Musical Stones (including a faster one) then you can visit http://www.myspace.com/musicalstones. A 9 track CD is also available. You can contact me through the Myspace if you are interested. All the best, Jamie, Keswick Museum.
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onur
September 10th, 2007 at
7:16 am
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ross mcneillie
December 16th, 2007 at
11:08 am
The luray caverns organ is not the worlds largest musical instrument, its far from it. The worlds largest musical instrument is the Atlantic City Convention Hall organ, it has over 33,000 pipes, over 1,200 stops and 7 keyboards. It is 10 time the size of the average church organ and it is configured in a surround sound design with pipes spread over the huge room which measures 500ft wide and 300ft wide and 137ft tall. Its website is http://www.acchos.org
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