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unusual facts about Organ Pipes


Twyfelfontein

The name Twyfelfontein refers to the spring itself, to the valley containing the spring, and in the context of traveling and tourism also to a greater area containing nearby tourist attractions: the rock engravings, the Organ Pipes, Burnt Mountain, Doros crater, and the Petrified Forest.


Robert Hope-Jones

Among his innovations in the field of organ design was a kind of electro-pneumatic action, the Diaphone and the modern Tibia Clausa with its strong 8′ flute tone.


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Kienle Resonator System

Ewald Kienle found the solution to the emittance problem by using the resonating bodies of the organ pipes for the sound emittance, while avoiding the usual complexities of airflow stimulation in the organ pipes.