[HN Gopher] Pyrophone
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       Pyrophone
        
       Author : drdee
       Score  : 83 points
       Date   : 2024-06-10 19:13 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
        
       | ortusdux wrote:
       | Reminds me of a Rubens Tube
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       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dihQuwrf9yQ
        
       | Waterluvian wrote:
       | Gotta love a music instrument described as having the property,
       | "internal combustion."
        
         | m463 wrote:
         | Since a steam-powered organ would be external combustion, what
         | if the working medium wasn't water vapor or hydrogen, but
         | alcohol vapor. Then you could have a dual-combustion organ.
         | 
         | (also remember hhgttg's disaster area)
        
           | Turing_Machine wrote:
           | Someone apparently once built a 200 horsepower steam-powered
           | trombone:
           | 
           | https://wondermark.com/true-stuff-the-steam-trombone/
        
             | hoseja wrote:
             | Slaanesh smiles.
        
       | tflol wrote:
       | It'd be interesting to stress test that thing with a Solfeggietto
       | or some equivalent.
        
       | kstrauser wrote:
       | Not quite the same thing, but I'd love to see the Large Hot Pipe
       | Organ live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oceb7Uf4ucQ
        
       | surfingdino wrote:
       | I hope Benn Jordan makes a video on this subject (no sarcasm, he
       | would do an excellent job of it).
        
         | datpiff wrote:
         | Look Mum No Computer already has:
         | https://www.lookmumnocomputer.com/flamethrower-organ/
        
       | blackeyeblitzar wrote:
       | I'm not sure what I expected, but I was thinking this would be
       | some new Android device.
        
         | raimondious wrote:
         | Not an Amazon Fire phone?
        
       | thih9 wrote:
       | Somewhat related, calliope:
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliope_(music) (also listed in
       | the article).
        
       | Qision wrote:
       | One can listen to audio samples on the archive.org
       | https://web.archive.org/web/20120131171921/http://www.liyana...
        
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