Celeste ... was OT strange thingy resolved

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You have well described the Celeste Stop on an organ, but the celeste is
also an independent, non-wind instrument. Click on this link for brief
description and sound sample:

http://www.nyphilkids.org/lockerroom/celeste.html

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven" <forever.tteot@verizon.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: OT strange thingy resolved


> Hi Ned,
>
> A Celeste is produced by having 2 differently tuned pipes(in a pipe organ)
> reeds(in a reed organ/harmonium).  One set is tuned just slightly flat to
> achieve the wavering sound...it would be like tuning one of the stings on
a
> piano note just slightly flat and you would achieve the same thing
basically.
>
> As far as their age, I believe that they go back to the 17th century in
very
> early pipe organs (but I could be wrong and they "came into style" later).
Also
> if you have ever heard a Hammond or Lowery electric organ, the speakers
have a
> "Leslie" which spins a drum with baffles in front of the speaker and
creates a
> wavering effect.  In some reed organs, a piece of cardboard on a rotating
shaft
> spun in front of the reeds and created the same type of wavering.
>
> Hope this helps...at least maybe a bit.  :)
>
> Steven
>
> Ned Swift wrote:
>
> > Hi list
> >
> > Thanks for the input on the strange instrument I saw Beck playing on
Austin
> > City Limit.  You narrowed it down to either a harmonium or a melodian.
With
> > those two options I was able to search the web and find the answer.
Typing
> > in "strange keyboard thingy" produced no results on a search.  Nor did
> > "strange insrument".  However, knowing that it could be a melodian or
> > harmonium helped.  I typed in Beck Harmonium and the web lit up like New
> > Years at Time Square.  Everyone was talking about Beck playing the
Harmonium
> > on the floor.  Looked up harmonium and found a picture of one like he
> > played.  For about $1,000 I could own one too.  "Not!!"  But, I did find
it
> > interesting.  The other one that troubles me is the Celeste.  I know
what
> > they sound like but I don't know what they are.  How old are they and
how do
> > they produce the sound?
> >
> > Ned Swift
> > Lowell, MI
> >
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