The Great Stalacpipe Organ

Posted by Queuebot in Music, Travel & Places on August 2, 2009 at 12:50 pm


Found in the Luray Caves, Virginia, this has got to be amongst the most astonishing musical instruments in the World.

The organ was designed by Leland Sprinke in 1956 and replaces traditional organ pipes with the stalactites found naturally in the caverns. The Great Stalacpipe Organ literally ROCKS!

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5 comments to "The Great Stalacpipe Organ"

  1. SydneyClaire
    August 2nd, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    I've been to Luray Caverns a few times, and the organ is really neat.

  2. cakehead loves evil
    August 2nd, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    I really want to go now too

  3. shanexedge
    August 2nd, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    if you go to Luray Caverns (not caves lol), right around the same time they show off the organ, they'll ask if something seems out of place in the room. don't say the electrical wires, een those clearly don't belong in a cavern.

  4. ted
    August 2nd, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    They don't play them any more, though. They just play a tape recording when you're in there. At least, that's what they did when I was there.

    The sad part is, they altered the formations to get the right tones.

  5. Xinavera
    August 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 am

    It's impressive, but required a lot of filing and sawing off of natural cave formations. Not cool! Look, don't touch.


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