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by samplenoise 2066 days ago
Which is also why saxophones can be made to sound like an organ (one open end)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmFlxwvKLz4&gl=BE

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That's very beautiful, wow, thank you for posting this.

For a lark I once played organ pipes of an organ that was being decommissioned. It is absolutely incredible how much air that requires, a 8' pipe I could just about get to resonate, and once they resonate it becomes a lot easier because you have some backpressure but that initial rush to get the reed to move at all is quite literally breathtaking.

To answer the 'dead' comment below: yes, I actually did. Nicely cleaned it and I'm aware what organ metal is made of (it is not the safest substance in the world). Would recommend.
Or rather an organ has pipes of all possible kinds and can sound like pretty much anything.
Think of it as a proto-synthesizer.