WATER ORGAN ANIMATION 2
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2020
- HYDRAULIS 2 is an extended version of "HYDRAULIS" from 2019. New topics are the mechanism to play the instrument and the Latin and Greek names of the parts according to Vitruvius. In order to make the information accessible I avoided typical organ terms and musical concepts: an interested High School student for instance should be able to understand the information without problems.
The principle of a hand-operated lever mechanism to operate a musical instrument was a groundbreaking invention, from which all keyboard instruments have descended. In turn they made the creation of a huge collection of music for organ, harpsichord, piano and the later digital keyboard possible. Briefly: Without the invention of Ktesibios the Moonlight Sonata would probably not exist.
I hope you enjoy the animation.
New projects are the Medieval Organ and the Origin of our Musical Scale, highlighting the part the Hydraulis played in its development.
On my website ROBVANHAARLEM.COM the existing text about the history of the Hydraulis will in time be replaced by a more extensive text on the history and the role of the Museion and Library of Alexandria in its development.
For practical reasons HYDRAULIS 2 will be published only in english. - Наука та технологія
I was desperately searching for an explanation as to how these work after discovering them on a 2am youtube binge. Bless you
Glad it was usefull.
Splendid-brilliant -excellent : a lot of light inside this conspicuous topic. Thanks !
Wonderful! We will use it in our Orgelkids presentations. Thank you.
That's brilliant. Thank you for your work
Glad you enjoy it!
Cool, I didn't know about this "unchangeable system" thing
¡Congratulations Rob! I study computer science and understanding the functioning of a musical organ is key to understanding a computer. Saludos desde México
That’s really interesting! How so?
@@iriscecil8605 Very interesting! mmm I think I made a drawing of the historical relationship between music and computing, do you have something where I can send it? instagram, fb, email? Understanding it graphically would be ideal
love it!!
Well done! An excellent step by step explanation on how the grand-daddy of all organs works.
It looks like the water systems don't provide any direct power, but they store the air pressure energy and make the air pressure even as opposed to directly pumping the air without the water systems. It looks like they put a lot of effort into making the organ more musical sounding.
It is very ingenious. With our 21st century hindsight I think they were very close to inventing the steam engine! Imagine that! We'd all be speaking Italian. The manufacturing for seals etc was probably good enough. Did they have metal pipes? They would just have to make the leap of capturing steam and collecting piston energy with a shaft. Maybe there was just one inventor genius guy and he was just interested in music and even if he could envision a steam engine he didn't find it interesting.
Anyways, great video. It opened my eyes.
Are you going to try to build one of these water organs?
I'm glad you liked the video. About the metal pipes: almost the complete organ was made of bronze, including the pipes. About the inventor: Ktesibios did work on his Hydraulis at the "University" of Alexandria where he studied, so he had the helping hand of some of the greatest scientists of that time, possibly even of Archimedes. I would of course like to reconstruct a hydraulis, but I'am afraid that such a project is very expensive and time-consuming. Moreover: The hydraulis is not only the grand-daddy of all organs, but in fact the ancester of all keyboard-driven instruments because Ktesibios invented the use of a key to make a sound. Just 2200 years ago.
Thank you UA-cam algorithm
It's understandable and enjoyable.I will examine it step by step.Thank you Mr. Van Haarlem
I'm glad you enjoy it. Thank you for your reaction.
Thank you very much, helped me a lot in a job.
Glad I could help you!
Hello ! The video is a very enlightening, where do you find the sheet music of brother john ?
You can't find it anywhere. I made it myself, to help the viewers understand.