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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > -- > "Whilst looking to the future, do not forget the glories of the past." F.O.P.S. > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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