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Pandermalis 'most intriguing discovery was a first-century B.C. pipe organ called a hydraulis, the largest and oldest specimen yet found.
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One motet, Anthoni usque limina, is composed round a tenor line that invokes the tolling of a bell; another, the non-religious In hydraulis c.1467, pays tribute to Ockeghem in both words and music.
Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009
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The hydraulis: One of the more complicated musical tools used in this era, the ancient organ was powered by a supply of water and air that when combined caused a brass-like effect within the pipes.
Signs of the Times 2009
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Its earliest history is so buried in Antiquity that it is difficult to reconstruct, but the first organ we know of was the hydraulis, or water organ, from about 250 BC, created by the innovative Greek engineer
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009
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