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
