A hydraulis is an early type of pipe organ that operated by converting the dynamic energy of water (Ancient Greek: … See more

Typically, water is supplied from some height above the instrument through a pipe, and air is introduced into the water stream by aspiration (using the Bernoulli effect) into the main pipe from a side-pipe holding its top above t… See more

Water organs were described in the numerous writings of the famous Ctesibius (3rd century BCE), Philo of Byzantium (3rd century BCE) and Hero of Alexandria (c. 62 CE). Like the water clocks (clepsydra) of Plato's time… See more

In 1992, the remains of a 1st-century BCE pipe organ were found at Dion, an ancient Macedonian city near Mount Olympus, Greece, during excavations under Dimitrios Pandermalis. This instrument consisted of 24 open pi… See more

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1. ^ McKinnon, James W. (2016). "Hydraulis."Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Oxford: Oxford University Press – via Online Portal to Oxford Music Online.
2. ^ Haspels, Dr. Jan Jaap (1994), Musical Automata. … See more

• Perrot, Jean (1971). The organ, from its invention in the Hellenistic period to the end of the thirteenth century. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-318418-4. See more