Re: AW: Custom Format

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On 02/04/21 11:57, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Apart from the organ (which I was shocked to discover, in its MODERN
>> > form, first appeared about 600BC!!!),

> Herr Gottlieb Silbermann would like to have a word with you.  Because he
> invested an awful lot of work to get organs to the state we call modern
> and where they will, for example, do

Depends on what we think of as "form" :-)

For example, I wouldn't call the natural horn the modern form, because
the French Horn is keyed and most of the others horns have valves - both
modern inventions.

But the trombone and violins haven't changed much going a lot further
back - the sackbut may have a narrow bore and small bell, but the
resemblance to the modern trombone is pretty close. Likewise I don't
know how far the violin goes back, but I guess it's very close to the
folk fiddle that probably existed in the middle ages, if not long before.

But - as I understand it - the organ (consisting of air blown through
pipes and controlled by keys) was invented that long ago. The technology
for blowing the air has changed a lot since then ... :-)

Cheers,
Wol