Sea Organ.

By gail in Music, Travel on Apr 27, 2007 at 9:30 pm

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The Sea Organ (morske orgulje) is located on the shores of Zadar,
Croatia, and is the worldâ€™s first pipe organ that is played by the sea.
Simple and elegant steps, carved in white stone, were built on the
quayside. Underneath, there are 35 pipes with whistle openings on the
sidewalk. The movement of the sea pushes air through, and â€“ depending
on the size and velocity of the wave â€“ musical chords are played. The
waves create random harmonic sounds.

– Odd Music.com

More information and an audio file at the link. Via Mirabilis

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Excellent
Apr 27th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Wow!
Jon
Apr 27th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
How long has that one been there? Cus there is one in San Fransisco near the old Marina Safeway that has been there atleast since the 70′s. In fact the one in SF is made from old grave stones and other cemetary stones, the inscriptions are still legible on someofthe rocks.
joe
Apr 28th, 2007 at 1:29 am
actually there’s a pipe organ operated by the sea in san francisco. it was made in the 60′s by some artists but not maintained and stopped working in the 70′s. but it was first
Alan
Apr 28th, 2007 at 2:15 am
That thing sounds very interesting!
gail
Apr 28th, 2007 at 8:25 am
Sounds like the SF organ should be considered the first of its kind. Somebody should write to the folks at OddMusic.com. I’ll look into the history of the SF organ and put up a post on it later in the day if I find enough info and (hopefully) a picture.
matthew
Apr 28th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
i’m actually going to croatia in a few weeks and this is now definately one of my stopping points
coopreme
Apr 28th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
we need weird stuff like this in the states!
muerzin
Apr 29th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
this one is different to the american one- it uses the air pressure generated by the waves rather than piping the sound of the waves themselves. there was (is?) a wave organ in liverpool in the uk which uses wave pressure like this. these types of instruments date back to the renaissance at least…
Andi
Mar 9th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I am doing a project on sea organs and this websit really helped. Thanks!

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