The Great Stalacpipe Organ (electrically actuated lithophone)
~ Percussion instrument
Description
Located in the Luray Caverns of Virginia USA, it is made of an electric console wired to mallets striking thirty-seven stalactites producing tones. This is a singular specific instrument, not an instrument type.
Relationships
| from: | Luray Caverns in Virginia, USA, Virginia, United States |
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| invented by: | Leland W. Sprinkle (from 1954 until 1957) |
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| type of: | lithophone (Arrangement of struck tuned stone bars.) |
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| picture: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018-04-28_16_19_48_The_Great_Stalacpipe_Organ_within_Luray_Caverns_in_Luray,_Page_County,_Virginia.jpg [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q7737953 [info] |
