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Ron
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3/1/2005
The below was written by Michael Lahanas.
"Aeolian Harp
Aeolian Harps, named after the Greek God of Wind, 'Aeolus', first appeared in Grecian culture circa 6 BC, when Orpheus, the 'original' poet, held poetry readings accompanied by the music of Wind Harps. Much later, artisans of the Renaissance era re-discovered Aeolian Harps, fascinated with both their physical and etheric properties. Much experimentation with the Aeolian principle, i.e., the vibration of strings by wind, led to a variety of designs and installations as illustrated by these two towers.(circa 1695 AD) http://www.harmonicwindharps.com/
The Aeolian harp is a Greek invention, played by the winds. It has a dozen or so strings, all the same length -- about five feet. Each has a different diameter, but they're all tensioned to the same unison pitch. As wind blows over the strings, different overtones are excited on each one. You hear the third, the twelfth, the upper octave. A strange mГ©lange of sound floats above that fundamental unison drone. John H. Lienhard , AEOLIAN VIBRATIONS, Engines of our Ingenuity
Were such instruments build by the ancient Greeks? and if not was the instrument and its name (based on Greek mythology) just invented only in the 17th century?"
The above is found at;
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Inventions.htm
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danielle
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great stuff!!!
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