Vodka Organ

Homemade pipe organ plays tunes from a rotating drum. PVC drainpipe for flue pipes and the rest made from readily available parts including vacuum cleaner as wind supply. Pipes made my Antanas Kesminas and the rest by David Nelson.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• organ
• nelsonics
• homemade
• musical
• instrument

[godfailme]

amazing¡¡¡¡

what did you make this for??

you ´ve got nothing to do or what??

[davidnelson11]

Originally it was made for part of an art exhibition. Since then I have performed with it live a couple of times.

[godfailme]

excuse me for the comment¨you ´ve got nothing to do¨, i didn´t understand the whole thing, but what is your work for living?, i mean what did you study?...

thanks for the reply.

[davidnelson11]

I am a sound engineer/cd mastering engineer. I teach audio a little. I studied music and also physical sciences plus some linguistics and philosophy at uni. I like to make things be it music, recording or more tangible things - grear sense of achievement. I love that a few artists have employed me to help with some of their projects.

[Brandotuomikoski]

That is so cool. How much did that cost?

[davidnelson11]

Well it is essentially made from reused and recycled stuff - vacuum cleaner, tea chests, timber, plastic drink bottles etc. However we have spent about A$500.00 on hardware bits, velcro, and tubing and the PVC pipes are about $10.00 per metre.

[maniac2011]

does it make vodka?

[poptart777]

wow this is absolutely wonderful=]

i must build one oneday

the song is good too

[Hazeleyedtaurus]

came up with the idea after drinking all the vodka bottles shown. XD

[issueagent]

Very unique chiffy sound :O Loved that!

[zhhyr]

OMG !!! Your pipes look very similar to mine ! I'm tinkering with PVC pipes as well ! I have only 2 built so far. Will post a vid soon. You'll like it and maybe laugh at my trials as you've already been there.

[mulletdude9989]

i just HAD to comment. My name is David Nelson as well. lol your the first like named person ive noticed

[KawhackitaRag]

Check out the design for the "epiphany pipe" by John Kleinbauer... use google or look in the technical gallery of the Mechanical Music Digest website.

[ozadrian]

Wow, great stuff, love your 'from bottom up' design!

[dogbeardbirdbeer]

wow, this must sound so great in person.

i wish i built it.

[ssngai]

David: thanks to your inspiration, I created a PVC pipe organ of my own. I've temporarily posted in my profile a link to the one I put together. I hope you find it interesting.

[ChucklesKeys]

This so cool! I've thought about trying to build pipes from PVC too, but did not know how to go about doing it. How did you form the upper lip and mouth of the pipe??? More info please???