Hit something with a hammer, and it makes a sound. If you’re lucky, it might even make a pleasant sound, which is the idea behind the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Luray Caverns, Virginia.
That was the case when [tinkartank] found three pipe organ pipes on eBay, bought them, and then built his own drivers. The pipes have pitches of C, D, and F# (which make, as far we can tell ...
The organ, which has been known as the largest functional pipe organ in the world, was bought by American merchant John Wanamaker at the 1904 Worlds Fair in Saint Louis and had it shipped to ...